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3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 12, 2013 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 June 12, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

All the earthquakes were in Eastern Turkey, near Lake Van.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-12 20:48:45.0

38.65 

N  

43.65  

E  

7

3.0

EASTERN TURKE

2013-06-12 19:02:52.01

38.62 

N  

43.62

E  

14

4.6

EASTERN TURKE

2013-06-12 04:31:52.0

38.50 

N  

43.91

E  

2

3.8

EASTERN TURKE

 

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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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