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

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 11, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.2 – took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-11 21:48:15.0

38.03 

N  

21.34 

E  

2

4.2

GREECE

2013-06-11 19:36:17.0

38.16 

N  

23.19 

E  

2

3.7

GREECE

2013-06-11 11:50:15.0

45.74 

N  

26.68 

E  

123

3.3

ROMANIA

2013-06-11 10:44:46.0

38.93 

N  

27.13 

E  

9

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-11 08:48:56.1

43.11 

N  

47.15 

E  

10

3.8

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

 

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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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