4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 26, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 26, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

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

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-26 21:07:20.0

34.44 

N  

25.09 

E  

10

3.3

CRETE, GREECE

2013-06-26 16:33:59.0

35.80 

N  

27.22 

E  

10

4.2

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-26 11:57:55.0

38.91 

N  

43.56 

E  

8

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-26 03:30:01.0

34.61 

N  

24.16 

E  

2

3.6

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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