3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 13, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 13, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-13 20:06:35.0

21.48

N  

43.65 

E  

1

3.3

GREECE

2013-06-13 10:24:49.0

40.45

N  

29.21

E  

7

3.2

EASTERN TURKE

2013-06-13 00:56:17.0 

35.77 

N  

27.04 

E  

59

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

 

 

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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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