5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 6, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 5 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 6, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 5 – took place in Southern Greece. 

Date & TimeUTC

Latitude degrees

Longitude degrees

Depth km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-06 13:51:32.0

40.56 

N  

36.64 

E  

15

3.7

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-06 11:53:46.0

36.71 

N  

21.75 

E  

40

5.0

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-06-06 07:35:46.0

38.89 

N  

43.56 

E  

5

3.2

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-06 06:10:29.0

37.13 

N  

28.68 

E  

6

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-06 04:50:37.0

40.61 

N  

42.05 

E  

5

3.3

EASTERN 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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