Gurban Yetirmishli: Earthquake in Azerbaijan lasted 51 seconds

Todaychr("39")s earthquake in Azerbaijan lasted 50 seconds, said Director General of the Azerbaijani Seismological Survey Center of ANAS Gurban Yetirmishli.

Director General of the Republican Seismological Service Center under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Gurban Yetirmishli said this at a briefing about the December 7 earthquake.

He also noted that five aftershocks were recorded after the earthquake.

The earthquake was recorded in the Caspian Sea, 60 km east of Siyazan station. The magnitude of the earthquake amounted to 5.6 points. The earthquake was registered at a depth of 68 km.