3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 21, 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 21, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.2 – took place in Central Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-21 21:43:41.0

41.14 

N  

33.50 

E  

4

4.2

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-21 21:24:48.0

37.17 

N  

21.23 

E  

2

3.7

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-07-21 01:39:06.0

38.65 

N  

20.53 

E  

1

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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