5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 4, 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 July 4, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.3 – took place in Greece and Central Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-04 19:01:41.0

39.39 

N  

32.19 

E  

5

3.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-04 13:58:41.0

39.42 

N  

21.04 

E  

5

3.3

GREECE

2013-07-04 13:43:22.0

39.07 

N  

48.84 

E  

40

3.1

AZERBAIJAN

2013-07-04 12:32:13.0

40.89 

N  

37.38 

E  

2

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-04 07:17:46.0

34.96 

N  

26.70 

E  

12

3.1

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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