List of earthquakes in Azerbaijan

This list of earthquakes in Azerbaijan, is a list of notable earthquakes that have affected areas within the current boundaries of Azerbaijan.

Date  | Time‡  | Place  | Lat | Lon | Fatalities | Mag. | Comments  | Sources

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427  |  | Ganja | 40.5  | 46.5  |  | 6.7  | Little information available about this event, except that the damage was severe.  | [1]
906  |  | Qivraq | 39.78  | 44.88  |  | 6.2  |  | [2]
30 September 1139  | night  | Ganja
see 1139 Ganja earthquake | 40.40  | 46.23  | 200,000–300,000  | 7.7  | One of the deadliest earthquakes in history. It completely destroyed the city of Ganja. Landslides were triggered on the mountains.  | [3]
25 November 1667  |  | Şamaxı
see 1667 Shamakhi earthquake | 40.60  | 48.60  | 80,000  | 6.9  | Earthquakes lasted for three months, buildings of all types were ruined, damage to roads was so severe that caravans had to be re-routed.  | [1]
4 January 1669  |  | Şamaxı | 40.60  | 48.60  | 7,000  | 5.7  |  | [1]
9 August 1828  | 16:00  | Şamaxı | 40.70  | 48.40  |  | 5.7  |  | [1]
2 January 1842  | 22:00  | Baku, Mashtagi | 40.5  | 50.0  |  | 4.3-5.0  | Maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, but no details of damage or information about casualties.  | [4]
11 June 1859  | 13:00  | Şamaxı
see 1859 Shamakhi earthquake | 40.70  | 48.50  | 100  | 5.9  |  | [1]
13 February 1902
| 09:39:30  | Şamaxı
see 1902 Shamakhi earthquake | 40.70  | 48.60  | 2,000  | 6.9  |  | [1]
27 April 1931  | 16:50:45  | Zangezur
see 1931 Zangezur earthquake | 39.29  | 45.95  | 390–2,890  | 6.4  |  | [5]
4 June 1999  | 09:12:50  | Agdash, Ucar, Ağalı | 40.80  | 47.45  | 1  | 5.4  |  | [1]
25 November 2000  | 18:09:11.4  | Baku
see 2000 Baku earthquake | 40.25  | 49.95  | 26  | 6.8  |  | [1]
7 May 2012  | 09:40  | Zaqatala Rayon | 41.54  | 46.77  | 15 injured  | 5.6  | Earthquake seriously damaged 20 residential buildings, partly collapsed sports hall of a school and injured 15 people. Also felt in nearby Russia and Georgia.  | [6]
5 June 2018  | 18:40:30  | Zaqatala Rayon | 41.53  | 46.79  | 1 dead, 31 injured  | 5.4  | Homes were damaged and social facilities disrupted. One person died of a heart attack and 31 others were injured.  | [7][8]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

## See also[edit]

* Geology of Azerbaijan

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h NGDC. "Significant Earthquakes where Primary Magnitude >= 5 and Country = AZERBAIJAN". Retrieved 23 July 2010.
2. ^ CFTI. "Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. - 1997 and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. - 1500". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
3. ^ Ulomov, V.I.; Medvedeva, N.S. (2014). "Специализированный каталог землетрясений для задач общего сейсмического районирования территории Российской Федерации" [Specialized catalog of earthquakes for the purpose of general seismic zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation] (PDF). O.Y. Smidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences.
4. ^ NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
5. ^ Utsu, T.R. (2002), "A List of Deadly Earthquakes in the World: 1500–2000", International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology, Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.), Academic Press, p. 705, ISBN 978-0124406520
6. ^ "Moderate earthquake jolts northwest Azerbaijan, injuring 15". BNO News. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
7. ^ "M 5.3 - 11km WNW of Cinarli, Azerbaijan". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
8. ^ "Azerbaijan earthquake: the hospital has asked more than 30 people | The Siver Post". sivpost.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-06-07.

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