6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 2, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 6 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 2, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.7 – took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-02 22:22:20.0

40.09 

N  

21.92 

E  

2

3.3

GREECE

2013-07-02 20:53:27.2

43.23 

N  

45.54 

E  

20

3.5

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-07-02 12:10:48.0

34.93 

N  

24.18 

E  

1

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-02 10:51:46.6

40.12 

N  

21.87 

E  

4

3.0

GREECE

2013-07-02 10:45:22.0

40.12

N

21.86

E

7

4.7

GREECE

2013-07-02 03:15:38.0

37.53 

N  

26.84 

E  

5

3.4

DODECANESE ISLANDS, 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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