5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on December 8, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on December 8, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.
The strongest ones, with the magnitude 4.9, took place in Western Turkey.
|
Date & Time, UTC |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Depth, km |
Mag |
Region name |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013-12-08 18:17:04.0 |
35.99 |
N |
29.12 |
E |
11 |
3.3 |
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA |
|
2013-12-08 17:31:57.0 |
36.54 |
N |
31.26 |
E |
90 |
4.9 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
|
2013-12-08 09:21:02.0 |
35.91 |
N |
30.96 |
E |
20 |
3.3 |
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA |
|
2013-12-08 07:39:35.0 |
43.00 |
N |
45.84 |
E |
2 |
4.1 |
CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA |
|
2013-12-08 03:51:45.0 |
40.75 |
N |
27.37 |
E |
14 |
3.1 |
WESTERN TURKEY |
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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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