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2 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 24, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 2 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 24, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-24 13:29:27.0

41.16 

N  

20.14 

E  

2

3.3

ALBANIA

2013-06-24 10:16:24.0

40.77 

N  

44.17 

E  

2

3.1

ARMENIA

 

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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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