7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 6, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 6, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 3.8 – took place in Azerbaijan.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-06 23:42:55.5

34.93 

N  

22.55 

E  

5

3.0

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA

2013-07-06 22:20:14.0

40.73 

N  

47.76 

E  

45

3.8

AZERBAIJAN

2013-07-06 15:47:14.0

36.14 

N  

24.04 

E  

10

3.6

SOUTHERN GREECE

2013-07-06 13:55:53.0

39.11 

N  

40.26 

E  

8

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-06 10:10:23.0

39.42 

N  

22.30 

E  

117

3.3

GREECE

2013-07-06 08:41:38.0

36.34 

N  

28.92 

E  

60

3.2

DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG

2013-07-06 07:18:04.0

35.32 

N  

27.79 

E  

8

3.3

DODECANESE ISLANDS, 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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