7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 26, 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 26, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Central Turkey.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-26 22:15:44.0

39.09 

N  

28.14 

E  

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-26 07:36:58.0

39.35 

N  

29.04 

E  

19

3.3

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-26 05:17:44.0

39.33 

N  

29.03 

E  

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-26 01:00:07.0

36.01 

N  

35.91 

E  

10

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-26 00:22:55.0

36.01 

N  

35.86 

E  

10

4.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-26 00:18:28.0

40.53 

N  

41.93 

E  

7

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-26 00:01:10.0

45.69 

N  

26.53 

E  

101

3.7

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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