11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 29, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on November 29, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.4, took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-11-29 23:47:38.0

35.32

N

22.58

E

10

4.4

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-11-29 18:11:59.0

39.54

N

44.57

E

2

3.1

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-11-29 13:50:30.0

37.07

N

34.70

E

4

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-11-29 13:24:31.0

35.32

N

23.12

E

52

4.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-29 09:33:19.0

40.32

N

42.21

E

14

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-11-29 06:50:34.0

40.73

N

21.47

E

5

3.5

GREECE

2013-11-29 06:44:29.0

38.60

N

37.38

E

7

3.1

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-11-29 04:54:43.0

35.06

N

23.23

E

2

3.8

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-29 01:35:56.0

35.15

N

23.48

E

2

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-11-29 01:27:53.0

38.74

N

25.65

E

2

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

2013-11-29 01:16:52.0

38.32

N

44.08

E

10

3.0

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

 

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BSNews Reference Note:

Earthquake Hypocenter - the point of the beginning of a fault.

Earthquake Epicenter - the projection of the hypocenter onto the Earth's surface

Earthquake Magnitude - the amount of energy released by an earthquake in the form of seismic waves.

Earthquake intensity - a measure of amount of the earth tremors at the territory, covered by the earthquake; depends on of the magnitude and depth of the hypocenter.
Different countries use different scales of earthquake intensity. In Europe, Russia and the United States a 12-point scale is used.

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