7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 22, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 22, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.4 – took place in Crete, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-22 22:48:44.0

38.55 

N  

43.81 

E  

2

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-22 21:38:26.0

38.53 

N  

43.83 

E  

3

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-22 21:20:59.0

35.51 

N  

27.42 

E  

15

3.3

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-22 15:08:48.0

36.88 

N  

36.10 

E  

7

3.3

TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION

2013-06-22 09:13:46.0

38.37 

N  

37.93 

E  

7

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-22 08:56:15.3

45.59 

N  

26.59 

E  

125

3.0

ROMANIA

2013-06-22 08:50:14.0

34.26 

N  

25.02 

E  

10

4.4

CRETE, 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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