4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 8, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 8, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

 

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth,
km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-08 19:42:58.0

45.62 

N  

26.44 

E  

124

3.4

ROMANIA

2013-06-08 18:42:14.8

45.67 

N  

26.60 

E  

142

3.0

ROMANIA

2013-06-08 06:45:16.0

38.53 

N  

43.90 

E  

2

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-08 04:53:12.0

38.23 

N  

38.85 

E  

7

3.0

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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