Earthquake registered in Azerbaijan: Shocks felt in Artsakh

ArmenPress, Armenia
Earthquake registered in Azerbaijan: Shocks felt in Artsakh


YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. On June 27, at 02:20 local time, the Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network of the Armenian ministry of emergency situations registered an earthquake at the northern latitude 38.800and eastern longitude 48.600geographic coordinates (Azerbaijan, 21km north-west from the city of Lankaran) with 4.4 magnitude and 10 km depth, Armenia’s ministry of emergency situations told Armenpress.

The tremor measured magnitude 6 point at the epicenter area.

The earthquake was felt in the territory of the Republic of Artsakh, with 2-3 point at Hadrut town and 2 point at capital Stepanakert.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

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