13 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 13, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 13 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 13, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.0 – took place in Turkey-Syria-Iraq border region.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-13 23:45:14.0

35.09 

N  

23.24 

E  

30

3.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-13 23:39:10.0

35.05 

N  

23.09 

E  

60

3.9

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-13 21:32:21.0

34.96 

N  

25.12 

E  

30

3.4

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-13 19:19:27.0

37.14 

N  

42.48 

E  

0

3.2

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-13 19:09:12.0

38.16 

N  

26.69 

E  

8

3.3

NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY

2013-07-13 18:39:49.0

37.12 

N  

42.48 

E  

1

3.3

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-13 18:02:35.0

37.15 

N  

42.50 

E  

4

3.5

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-13 17:31:47.0

37.04 

N  

42.44 

E  

2

4.0

TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION

2013-07-13 15:36:52.0

37.27 

N  

37.98 

E  

7

3.0

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-13 15:29:46.0

37.01 

N  

36.06 

E  

1

3.5

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-13 07:47:48.9

34.23 

N  

25.05 

E  

1

3.0

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-13 02:30:20.0

34.37 

N  

25.01 

E  

10

3.2

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-13 02:02:09.0

37.83 

N  

29.19 

E  

5

3.2

WESTERN 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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