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7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 28, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 28, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones – with the magnitude 4.4 – took place in Central Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-28 23:46:32.0

38.75 

N  

26.58 

E  

12

3.1

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-28 18:57:56.0

40.99 

N  

34.35 

E  

7

4.4

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-28 17:45:55.0

40.75 

N  

27.44 

E  

7

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-28 14:25:05.0

45.65 

N  

26.51 

E  

81

4.0

ROMANIA

2013-07-28 14:13:59.0

39.34 

N  

29.02 

E  

5

3.8

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-28 13:54:40.0

37.95 

N  

20.93 

E  

2

4.1

IONIAN SEA

2013-07-28 07:32:30.0

42.96 

N  

41.07 

E  

2

3.1

GEORGIA

 

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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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