4 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 27, 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 27, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Crete, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-27 23:03:02.0

36.65 

N  

31.27 

E  

80

3.9

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-27 17:24:43.0

38.23 

N  

22.14 

E  

12

3.7

GREECE

2013-06-27 12:45:49.0

38.88 

N  

43.50 

E  

10

3.6

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-06-27 11:05:19.0

34.35 

N  

25.38 

E  

2

4.3

CRETE, GREECE

 

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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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