Tremors felt across Azerbaijan following Caspian Sea quake

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According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), an earthquake struck 50 km north-northwest of Derbent, Russia, at 00:33 local time. The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 11 km.

The Republican Seismological Service Centre under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) reported that the earthquake in Dagestan registered a magnitude of 5.3, with an epicentre 66 km deep. The tremor was felt at a level of 3-4 on the local intensity scale.

The natural event was also felt across several regions and cities in Azerbaijan, including Quba, Qusar, Khinalig, Baku, Sumqayit, Khankendi, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Shabran, Ganja, Nabran, Oguz, and Khachmaz. No casualties or damage have been reported so far.

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