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

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.8 – took place in Western Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-08 22:55:03.0

37.19 

N  

42.49 

E  

1

3.4

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-08 19:27:17.0

36.85 

N  

23.15 

E  

10

3.4

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-07-08 13:03:15.7

45.57 

N  

26.49 

E  

141

3.4

ROMANIA

2013-07-08 11:24:49.0

41.94 

N  

23.13 

E  

2

3.0

BULGARIA

2013-07-08 05:40:16.0

39.05 

N  

29.78 

E  

5

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-08 05:33:39.0

39.06 

N  

29.75 

E  

7

3.8

WESTERN TURKEY

 

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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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