8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on July 25, 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 25, 2013 (according to Coordinated Universal Time – UTC) in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.1 – took place in Dodecanese Islands, Greece.  

Date & Time, UTC

Latitude

Longitude

Depth, km

Mag

Region name

2013-07-25 23:22:14.0

37.41 

N  

26.98 

E  

15

3.0

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-07-25 23:05:49.0

37.40 

N  

26.91 

E  

2

4.1

DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

2013-07-25 22:35:44.0

38.62 

N  

20.64 

E  

2

3.5

GREECE

2013-07-25 22:31:08.0

39.92 

N  

24.33 

E  

12

3.3

AEGEAN SEA

2013-07-25 17:05:18.0

38.99 

N  

43.87 

E  

2

3.5

EASTERN TURKEY

2013-07-25 16:23:43.0

41.73 

N  

32.43 

E  

8

3.5

CENTRAL TURKEY

2013-07-25 11:55:05.0

35.38 

N  

23.47 

E  

20

3.6

CRETE, GREECE

2013-07-25 05:00:27.0

39.82 

N  

30.52 

E  

5

3.0

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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