7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 10, 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 10, 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

2013-07-10 19:33:47.0

39.03 

N  

29.51 

E  

14

3.8

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-10 18:17:02.1

45.51 

N  

26.27 

E  

142

3.1

ROMANIA

2013-07-10 13:23:31.0

37.20 

N  

42.42 

E  

6

3.0

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-10 12:25:38.0

37.30 

N  

42.33 

E  

14

3.2

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-10 10:23:59.0

36.31 

N  

37.29 

E  

6

3.0

TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION

2013-07-10 09:44:35.0

37.15 

N  

42.46 

E  

2

3.4

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-10 03:06:50.0

38.83 

N  

43.63 

E  

11

3.0

EASTERN 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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