3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 11, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 11, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.7 – took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-11 14:33:14.8

36.36 

N  

28.66 

E  

6

3.0

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-07-11 11:08:21.0

38.59 

N  

22.05 

E  

15

3.7

GREECE

2013-07-11 07:15:58.0

45.71 

N  

26.58 

E  

100

3.2

ROMANIA

 

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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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