3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 29, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 3 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 29, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.3 – took place in Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Широта

Latitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-06-29 14:34:55.0

38.35

N  

37.93

E  

7

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-06-29 13:26:38.0

38.88

N  

27.83

E  

7

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-06-29 11:37:20.2

38.74

N  

23.92

E  

9

3.3

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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