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Azerbaijan's MES: No information was received on destruction or injury as a result of earthquake in Shamakhi

Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan

20 November 2021 19:27 (UTC +04:00)

Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan has released information on earthquakes consecutively recorded in Shamakhi today, Ministry told APA.

According to information of Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations provided by the Republican Seismic Survey Center under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 42 km has been recorded in the 20 km south of Pirgulu station in the territory of Shamakhi district at 4:46 p.m on November 20, 2021. Tremors of the quake have been felt magnitude 5 in the epicenter, magnitude 3-4 in surrounding regions.

Ministry of Emergency Situations has not received any information on destruction or injury as a result of the earthquake so far.