Earthquake in Azerbaijan hits Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline

The official representative of the Transneft company Igor Demin said that the pumping of oil through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline was suspended due to the earthquake in Azerbaijan.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit an area in Azerbaijan's Imishli district on approximately 08:47 (local Baku time, GMT+4) on August 1, Trend reports.