List of earthquakes in Azerbaijan explained

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		-->	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.
4 January 1669		Şamaxı	40.60	48.60	7,000	5.7
9 August 1828	16:00	Şamaxı	40.70	48.40		5.7
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
13 February 1902	09:39:30	Şamaxı see 1902 Shamakhi earthquake	40.70	48.60	2,000	6.9
27 April 1931	16:50:45	Zangezur see 1931 Zangezur earthquake	39.29	45.95	390–2,890	6.4
4 June 1999	09:12:50	Agdash, Ucar, Ağalı	40.80	47.45	1	5.4
25 November 2000	18:09:11.4	Baku see 2000 Baku earthquake	40.25	49.95	26	6.8
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.	^[5]
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.	^[6] ^[7]
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

• Geology of Azerbaijan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Significant Earthquakes where Primary Magnitude >= 5 and Country = AZERBAIJAN. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.. 10.7289/V5TD9V7K. 22 March 2024.
2. Web site: Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. - 1997 and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. - 1500. CFTI. 23 July 2010. 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207233107/http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/M1279.html. dead.
3. Web site: Ulomov . V.I. . Medvedeva . N.S. . 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. 2014 . O.Y. Smidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences.
4. Web site: Significant Earthquake Information. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.. 10.7289/V5TD9V7K. 22 March 2024.
5. Web site: Moderate earthquake jolts northwest Azerbaijan, injuring 15 . . 7 May 2012 . 7 May 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130118172938/http://www.bnonews.com/inbox/?id=660 . 18 January 2013 .
6. Web site: M 5.3 - 11km WNW of Cinarli, Azerbaijan. earthquake.usgs.gov. 2018-06-07.
7. Web site: Azerbaijan earthquake: the hospital has asked more than 30 people The Siver Post. sivpost.com. en-US. 2018-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608024042/https://sivpost.com/azerbaijan-earthquake-the-hospital-has-asked-more-than-30-people/1145/. 2018-06-08. dead.