4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 15, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 15, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.5 – took place in Crete, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-15 13:18:45.0

36.99  

N  

39.23

E  

5

3.0

TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REGION

2013-07-15 11:14:16.0

34.42  

N  

25.07  

E  

11

3.5

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-15 10:48:45.0

38.79  

N  

26.79

E  

10

3.1

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-15 06:51:17.0

38.97  

N  

26.06

E  

14

3.3

NEAR THE COAST OF 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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