A magnitude 4,5 earthquake struck Azerbaijan on October 7, 2012

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the earthquake was registered at 16:42 local time (at 11:42 UTC).

According to the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the intensity of the earthquake was 4 - 4.5 points.

The epicenter was located 6 km from the village Basgal (Basqal) and 18 km north-west of Şamaxı (Shemakha). Hypocenter - at a depth of 40.9 km.

Map from website: www.ceme.gsras.ru

BSN Reference Note:

Earthquake Hypocenter - the point of the beginning of a fault.

Earthquake Epicenter - the projection of the hypocenter onto the Earth's surface

Earthquake Magnitude - the amount of energy released by an earthquake in the form of seismic waves.

Earthquake intensity- a measure of amount of the earth tremors at the territory, covered by the earthquake; depends on of the magnitude and depth of the hypocenter.
Different countries use different scales of earthquake intensity. In Europe, Russia and the United States a 12-point scale is used.

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