January 2, 1842 Earthquake: Apscheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Apscheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan on January 2, 1842, 3 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 2, 1842
- Place
- Apscheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan
- Magnitude
- 4.3
- Focal depth
- 3 km (2 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 40.500° N, 50.000° E
- Country
- Azerbaijan
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 1667, Shemakha (Samaxi), Azerbaijan
- January 14, 1668, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- February 13, 1902, Semacha, N Iran, Azerbaijan
- January 28, 1872, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- June 11, 1859, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- November 25, 2000, Baku, Azerbaijan
- January 1, 1671, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- September 2, 1869, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- February 5, 2019, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- March 6, 1986, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
- August 9, 1828, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- May 11, 2017, Ardabil, Iran, Azerbaijan
- December 18, 1880, Semacha, Somaki, Armenia, Azerbaijan
- April 2, 1983, Kum-Dag, Turkmenistan
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1833.