As it happened: earthquake in Azerbaijan's Ismayilli district

Maria Novoselova / Vestnik Kavkaza

An earthquake has occurred at 11:09 (GMT +4) in Azerbaijan’s Ismayilli district om March 24, six kilometers north of the Ismayilli seismic station, the Information Bureau on Earthquakes under Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences said.

According to the bureau, epicenter of the 4.2-magnitude earthquake was located at a depth of nine kilometers.

No destruction or victims from the earthquake in Azerbaijan’s Ismayilli district have been recorded, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Previously, on March 8, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Bilasuvar district of Azerbaijan. The quake was recorded at 20 kilometers northwest of the country's Jalilabad seismic station. The earthquake intensity scale in the epicenter was felt up to four points, while in the surrounding areas – up to three points.

© Photo :Maria Novoselova / Vestnik Kavkaza
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