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4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 23, 2013 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 June 23, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.6 – took place in Ukraine.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-23 21:16:33.0

48.12

N

33.45

E

2

4.6

UKRAINE

2013-06-23 17:04:37.0

36.90 

N  

27.96 

E  

5

3.8

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-06-23 09:16:57.0

39.14 

N  

29.08 

E  

2

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-23 06:16:57.0

45.49 

N  

26.35 

E  

122

3.3

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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