Quake in Azerbaijan’s Shamakhi district (VIDEO)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 6

By Jeyhun Alakbarov - Trend:

Video footage of the earthquake that occurred in Azerbaijan’s Shamakhi district has been published, Trend reported.

The video, from one of the surveillance cameras on one of the local shops, shows how residents of the shop are leaving in panic. The footage was shot in Shamakhi city.

Th store was seriously damaged.

Deputy chief executive of the district Gulnisa Alakbarova previously said that 14 villages were damaged as a result of the earthquake.

According to preliminary data from the Republican Seismic Survey Center, five earthquakes have been recorded since Feb. 5, with the first one, a 4-point earthquake, being recorded at 23:19 (GMT+4), 7 km south of the Pirgulu station, in the territory of Aghsu district. The aftershock’s epicenter was located at a depth of 10 km, and was felt at its epicenter at a magnitude of 5, and 4.3 in its vicinity.

The last earthquake was recorded at 04:25 (GMT+4), 9 km south of the Pirgulu station, in the territory of Ismayilli district.

Three of the earthquakes were felt.