| 11. | A stronger, 5.7 tremor hit the same epicentral area at 11 : 14 local time.
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| 12. | Most of the buildings in the epicentral area were constructed of thick walls made from rubble masonry cemented with mud mortar.
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| 13. | Earthquakes stronger than about magnitude 5.0 generate ground motions that are strong enough to be damaging in the epicentral area.
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| 14. | Near the epicentral region, fishermen reported disturbance of the sea, with tidal gauges recording waves at Yevpatoria and waves in Yalta.
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| 15. | About an hour after the quake, sea level readings from gauges in the epicentral region confirmed that a tsunami had been generated.
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| 16. | The " epicentral region " of an earthquake is defined as an elliptical area which encompasses the location of highest felt intensity of an earthquake.
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| 17. | According to recorded testimonies, luminous phenomena were observed, both in the epicentral area and in regions that are far away from the epicenter.
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| 18. | Many recurrent shocks were felt at the epicentral zone; the two strongest occurred on January 19 at 9 : 45 and on February 1.
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| 19. | The coast in the epicentral region subsided by up to 1.6 m during the earthquake and the land movement locally disrupted river drainage.
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| 20. | A large number of strong motion instruments captured the event, with an unexpectedly-high value seen on water tank near the epicentral area.
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