5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 28, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 28, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.1 – took place in Turkey-Iran border region.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-28 23:46:49.0

40.48 

N  

36.98 

E  

16

3.1

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-28 21:16:21.0

38.64 

N  

44.72 

E  

2

4.1

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-06-28 19:30:48.0

39.12 

N  

32.84 

E  

9

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-28 17:13:47.0

39.83 

N  

21.47 

E  

6

3.2

GREECE

2013-06-28 05:01:54.0

39.42 

N  

26.20 

E  

5

3.4

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

 

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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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