7 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 9, 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 9, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.0 – took place in Bulgaria.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-09 23:28:39.0

39.13 

N  

29.09 

E  

7

3.5

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-09 18:11:38.0

42.18 

N  

26.17 

E  

0

4.0

BULGARIA

2013-07-09 17:12:00.0

42.20 

N  

26.25 

E  

2

3.7

BULGARIA

2013-07-09 14:44:49.0

34.84 

N  

25.19 

E  

8

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-09 14:13:43.0

38.92 

N  

43.47 

E  

3

3.1

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-09 05:35:15.0

36.67 

N  

31.09 

E  

50

3.4

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-09 00:00:23.0

38.80 

N  

43.56 

E  

2

3.0

EASTERN 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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