10 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 4, 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 June 4, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude exceeding 4 – took place in central Turkey and the Aegean Sea.

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

               

2013-06-04 23:59:26.0

42.54 

N  

45.47 

E  

2

3.4

GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)

2013-06-04 23:55:56.0

38.61 

N  

37.39 

E  

7

3.3

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-04 23:43:06.0

37.20 

N  

42.49 

E  

2

3.2

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-06-04 22:31:22.0

37.12 

N  

30.48 

E  

51

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-04 19:58:18.2

38.88 

N  

49.43 

E  

21

3.0

CASPIAN SEA, OFFSHORE AZERBAIJAN

2013-06-04 14:58:07.6

38.40 

N  

22.26 

E  

11

3.0

GREECE

2013-06-04 10:39:46.0

41.96 

N  

48.17 

E  

17

3.3

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-06-04 04:12:27.0

38.61

N

37.39

E

7

4.2

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-04 02:34:44.0

39.09 

N  

23.27 

E  

2

3.2

AEGEAN SEA

2013-06-04 01:56:55.0

38.00

N

24.00

E

5

4.4

AEGEAN SEA

 

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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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