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

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.8 – took place in Caucasus region, Russia.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-05 21:12:32.0

40.28 

N  

25.76 

E  

8

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-07-05 17:29:30.0

39.53 

N  

27.64 

E  

8

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-05 11:19:32.0

40.22 

N  

39.93 

E  

7

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-05 08:27:54.3

36.06 

N  

22.14 

E  

1

3.2

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-07-05 07:19:40.0

38.38 

N  

38.95 

E  

23

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-05 06:57:12.0

45.66 

N  

26.57 

E  

136

3.7

ROMANIA

2013-07-05 02:41:41.5

44.24 

N  

43.07 

E  

10

3.8

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

 

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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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