8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 10, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 10, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.1 – took place in Eastern Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-10 18:56:46.0

41.11 

N  

47.44 

E  

8

3.2

AZERBAIJAN

2013-06-10 17:59:04.0

35.97 

N  

27.43 

E  

10

3.3

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-10 17:46:11.0

38.56 

N  

43.85 

E  

2

3.5

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-10 17:15:48.3

36.71 

N  

23.26 

E  

40

3.4

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-06-10 16:41:55.0

38.57 

N  

43.87 

E  

2

3.4

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-10 16:36:04.0

39.00 

N  

27.91 

E  

14

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-10 15:39:20.0

38.48 

N  

43.76 

E  

2

3.5

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-10 15:36:28.0

38.55 

N  

43.81 

E  

2

4.1

EASTERN 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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