8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 12, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 12, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Aegean sea.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-12 23:26:05.2

37.81 

N  

29.20 

E  

2

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-12 18:02:31.0

45.45 

N  

26.39 

E  

122

4.1

ROMANIA

2013-07-12 18:01:59.0

39.25 

N  

41.39 

E  

7

3.3

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-12 16:07:04.0

37.08 

N  

28.57 

E  

12

3.0

WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-12 11:52:22.0

38.82 

N  

43.54 

E  

5

3.0

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-12 08:58:41.2

34.70 

N  

34.28 

E  

10

3.3

CYPRUS REGION

2013-07-12 08:57:32.0

34.76 

N  

34.37 

E  

20

3.1

CYPRUS REGION

2013-07-12 00:36:57.0

40.36 

N  

25.97 

E  

10

4.3

AEGEAN SEA

 

* * *

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.

BSNews

Теми:

More on the topic