4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 24, 2014 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 24, 2014 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2014-01-24 22:08:48.0

38.30

N

22.01

E

2

4.4

GREECE

2014-01-24 18:22:22.0

40.33

N

25.82

E

10

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2014-01-24 13:11:40.0

45.57

N

26.54

E

86

3.5

ROMANIA

2014-01-24 08:08:28.0

35.89

N

27.47

E

5

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

 

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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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