9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 25, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 9 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 25, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.2 – took place in Turkey-Iran border region.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-25 20:23:33.0

38.17 

N  

23.23 

E  

8

3.3

GREECE

2013-06-25 18:57:16.0

36.14 

N  

31.17 

E  

20

3.2

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-25 13:26:06.0

38.67 

N  

44.57 

E  

2

3.4

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-06-25 13:22:23.0

38.69 

N  

44.74 

E  

2

4.2

TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION

2013-06-25 06:06:39.0

36.48 

N  

33.47 

E  

3

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-25 04:00:40.0

39.34 

N  

27.89 

E  

23

3.6

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-25 03:59:14.0

39.29 

N  

27.88 

E  

31

3.1

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-25 03:15:43.0

43.30 

N  

39.74 

E  

25

3.8

CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA

2013-06-25 02:31:13.0

39.31 

N  

27.89 

E  

28

3.0

WESTERN 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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