9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 20, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 20, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-20 19:03:05.0

37.53 

N  

37.31 

E  

7

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-20 18:22:34.0

35.78 

N  

27.30 

E  

2

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-20 18:09:56.3

34.98 

N  

25.13 

E  

16

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-20 16:58:48.0

39.83 

N  

25.45 

E  

12

3.1

AEGEAN SEA

2013-06-20 13:16:32.0

38.60 

N  

43.21 

E  

10

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-20 13:12:35.0

37.36 

N  

26.95 

E  

5

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-20 12:25:36.0

35.80 

N  

27.25 

E  

8

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-20 01:07:11.0

39.69 

N  

25.73 

E  

5

3.4

AEGEAN SEA

2013-06-20 00:22:55.0

45.58 

N  

26.70 

E  

114

4.1

ROMANIA

 

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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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