Number of earthquakes in Azerbaijan revealed
By Aygul Salmanova
Every year, several hundred thousand earthquakes occur on the globe, and about a hundred of them are destructive, causing death to people and entire cities.
Although Azerbaijan is not the most earthquake-prone place on Earth, the country has witnessed a considerable number of earthquakes from the beginning of the year.
The Republican Center of Seismological Service of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan told Trend that the number of earthquakes occurred in Azerbaijan and adjacent territories has reached 5,779 this year.
From the beginning of the year until the present time, some 3,642 earthquakes were registered in Azerbaijan, 25 of which were felt.
The strongest earthquake of this year with a magnitude of 5.7 occurred on November 15 in the Aghdam region.
It should be noted that on November 15 at 23:48 local time a strong earthquake occurred in the country, which was most felt by the residents of Aghdam, Barda, Terter and Mingachevir regions. In Aghdam, tremors were felt by the magnitude of six, while in Terter and Barda the magnitude was between 5-5.7 points.
Characterized by high seismic activity and situated in the active collision zone of Arabian plate with Eurasian, the territory of Azerbaijan has complicated block structures differing from each other by the level of seismic activity.
Therefore, Azerbaijan is considered to be a seismically active region – a lot of earthquakes occur here every year, however, majority of them are not felt.
The seismogenic zones with potential to produce dangerous force cover the whole country as the Alpine-Himalayan seismic belt passes through Azerbaijan. Strong and catastrophic earthquakes that took place several times in this area from ancient times till now caused huge destructions.
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