3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 27, 2014 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on January 27, 2014 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones, with the magnitude 3.3, took place in Caucasus region, Russia.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2014-01-27 21:25:10.3

45.77

N

26.70

E

126

3.1

ROMANIA

2014-01-27 15:09:42.0

44.17

N

42.89

E

10

3.7

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2014-01-27 06:07:59.0

36.65

N

23.18

E

2

3.0

SOUTHERN 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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