14 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 27, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / Map

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 14 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 27, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest - with the magnitude 4.0 – took place in Bulgaria and Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-27 23:45:43.0

37.38 

N  

26.84 

E  

5

3.2

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-07-27 20:13:52.0

36.95 

N  

35.63 

E  

30

3.7

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-27 18:12:39.0

38.90 

N  

27.46 

E  

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-27 13:06:01.0

38.89 

N  

27.48 

E  

7

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-27 12:14:32.0

41.93 

N  

23.15 

E  

5

3.0

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 09:48:01.0

35.81 

N  

27.33 

E  

2

3.7

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-07-27 06:46:53.0

38.59 

N  

23.95 

E  

2

3.3

GREECE

2013-07-27 04:38:32.0

40.14 

N  

21.84 

E  

10

4.0

GREECE

2013-07-27 03:51:22.0

41.97 

N  

23.17 

E  

10

3.2

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 03:21:54.0

41.91 

N  

23.20 

E  

2

4.0

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 03:20:10.6

41.92 

N  

23.20 

E  

3

3.4

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 03:17:01.0

41.92 

N  

23.23 

E  

3

3.6

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 01:48:31.0

41.95 

N  

23.19 

E  

2

3.6

BULGARIA

2013-07-27 01:24:24.0

41.94 

N  

23.20 

E  

2

3.9

BULGARIA

 

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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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