8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 18, 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 18, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.6 – took place in Crete, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-18 23:46:33.0

34.19 

N  

25.17 

E  

2

3.3

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 23:36:15.0

34.08 

N  

25.05 

E  

2

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 23:15:57.0

34.26 

N  

25.18 

E  

5

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 22:33:16.

34.33 

N  

25.22 

E  

2

3.7

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 22:27:05.0

34.21

N

25.01

E

20

4.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 21:57:47.5

34.66 

N  

25.38 

E  

10

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 20:40:47.0

34.06 

N  

25.32 

E  

2

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-18 17:18:25.0

36.87

N

22.07

E

10

4.5

SOUTHERN 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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