11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 9, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 11 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 9, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4 – took place in near the Coast of Western Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-09 21:40:45.0

38.90

N

43.55

E

10

3.5

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 19:57:44.0

39.92

N

39.76

E

2

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 15:15:09.0

38.76

N

26.78

E

10

4.0

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 14:18:57.0

39.15

N

29.02

E

7

3.9

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 13:46:52.5

36.81

N

24.76

E

10

3.7

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-06-09 12:57:06.0

37.90

N

25.02

E

10

3.8

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-09 06:29:55.0

39.14

N

42.06

E

7

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 04:46:11.7

45.71

N

26.62

E

84

3.1

ROMANIA

2013-06-09 04:31:48.0

38.72

N

27.29

E

5

3.9

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 03:59:15.0

38.89

N

27.40

E

24

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-09 02:47:31.0

38.63

N

26.79

E

13

3.1

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

 

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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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