8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 30, 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 30, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.1 – took place in Dodecanese islands, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-30 20:19:14.0

38.80 

N  

20.31 

E  

10

3.8

GREECE

2013-06-30 16:57:51.0

37.45 

N  

27.70 

E  

5

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-30 13:56:41.0

35.93 

N  

27.52 

E  

10

3.5

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-30 13:16:13.0

35.90 

N  

27.56 

E  

10

4.1

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-30 11:48:56.7

38.52 

N  

42.87 

E  

8

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-30 11:41:27.0

36.07 

N  

27.75 

E  

40

3.5

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-06-30 03:22:06.0

40.69 

N  

30.62 

E  

17

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-30 02:47:36.0

41.47 

N  

20.52 

E  

1

3.0

FYR OF MACEDONIA

 

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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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