The most seismically active zones of Azerbaijan are located in the Caspian sea, Shamakhi, Ismayilly, on the southeastern slope of the greater Caucasus, and in the Talysh mountains.

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit an area in Azerbaijan's Imishli region on approximately 08:47 (local Baku time, GMT+4), Azerbaijan's Seismology Center told Trend.

On Monday, Azerbaijani southern region of Jalilabad was hit by an 3,2 attitude magnitude earthquake, the Republican Seismological Service Center reports on its website.