10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 14, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 14, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.6 – took place near the coast of Western Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-14 23:50:30.5

34.29 

N  

25.35 

E  

10

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-14 23:32:50.0

41.28 

N  

35.88 

E  

11

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-14 21:38:01.2

38.23 

N  

22.08 

E  

2

3.2

GREECE

2013-07-14 21:08:28.0

38.97 

N  

26.07 

E  

10

3.6

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-14 19:27:57.0

41.28 

N  

35.86 

E  

14

3.4

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-14 14:54:12.3

35.96 

N  

23.66 

E  

2

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-14 11:50:43.0

38.24 

N  

22.11 

E  

8

3.4

GREECE

2013-07-14 11:01:30.0

40.52 

N  

41.92 

E  

10

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-14 07:55:38.0

40.76 

N  

28.96 

E  

24

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-14 07:46:58.9

38.23 

N  

22.09 

E  

9

3.3

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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