2 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 19, 2014 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 2 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 19, 2014 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.8, took place in Azerbaijan.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2014-01-19 08:56:50.0

40.53

N

46.93

E

30

3.6

AZERBAIJAN

2014-01-19 00:59:37.3

45.51

N

26.42

E

124

3.0

ROMANIA

 

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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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