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.
DateTime‡PlaceLatLonFatalitiesCommentsSources
427Ganja40.546.56.7Little information available about this event, except that the damage was severe.
906Qivraq39.7844.886.2
30 September 1139nightGanja40.4046.236.3
November 1667Şamaxı
see 1667 Shamakhi earthquake
40.6048.6080,0006.9Earthquakes 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 1669Şamaxı40.6048.607,0005.7
9 August 182816:00Şamaxı40.7048.405.7
2 January 184222:00Baku, Mashtagi40.550.04.3-5.0Maximum perceived intensity of VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale, but no details of damage or information about casualties.
11 June 185913:00Şamaxı
see 1859 Shamakhi earthquake
40.7048.501005.9
13 February 190209:39:30Şamaxı40.7048.60866.9
27 April 193116:50:45Zangezur
see 1931 Zangezur earthquake
39.4046.00390–2,8906.4
4 June 199909:12:50Agdash, Ucar, Ağalı40.8047.4515.4
25 November 200018:09:11.4Baku
see 2000 Baku earthquake
40.2549.95266.8
7 May 20129:40Zaqatala Rayon41.5446.7715 injured5.6Earthquake seriously damaged 20 residential buildings, partly collapsed sports hall of a school and injured 15 people. Also felt in nearby Russia and Georgia.
5 June 201818:40:30Zaqatala Rayon41.5346.791 dead, 31 injured5.4Homes were damaged and social facilities disrupted. One person died of a heart attack and 31 others were injured.