Quake jolts country's Oguz region
By Amina Nazarli
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted Azerbaijan’s Oguz region this morning.
Tremors measuring up to 3 points were felt in the adjacent areas.
Head of the Republican Seismic Survey Center of the ANAS Gurban Yetirmishli said that after the earthquake in Oguz, several aftershocks can occur.
“Weak earthquakes are reported daily on the territory of the country. Today's earthquake was not strong too, but the tremors were felt,” he said.
He noted that seismic activity is not higher this year compared to previous years.
Over 800 earthquakes were registered in Azerbaijan since the beginning of the year.
Azerbaijan, located within the central part of the Mediterranean mobile belt, is considered to be a seismically active region – a lot of earthquakes occur over Azerbaijan every year, however, majority of them are not felt.
Epicenter of bulk of the earthquakes, being recorded in Absheron Peninsula and Baku, are located in the Caspian Sea.
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