4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 21, 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 21, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Dodecanese islands–Turkey border region.  

Date & Time ,UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-21 18:26:41.0

36.52 

N  

27.98 

E  

88

4.3

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-06-21 13:07:25.0

37.55 

N  

26.87 

E  

5

3.9

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-06-21 05:20:14.0

39.63 

N  

27.88 

E  

24

3.7

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-21 01:39:56.0

42.91 

N  

35.85 

E  

30

3.1

BLACK 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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