7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 1, 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 July 1, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.5 – took place in Eastern Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-01 22:57:52.0

35.83 

N  

28.23 

E  

5

3.2

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-07-01 18:51:02.0

38.66 

N  

43.36 

E  

2

3.5

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-01 16:24:33.0

38.71 

N  

43.32 

E  

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-01 14:08:48.0

35.17 

N  

27.70 

E  

10

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-07-01 04:51:18.0

35.11 

N  

26.73 

E  

20

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-01 04:37:03.0

35.68 

N  

23.47 

E  

10

3.1

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-01 03:36:30.0

40.43 

N  

22.40 

E  

3

3.0

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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