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
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.
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