May 1, 1885 Earthquake: Caucasus, Russia

Date

May 1, 1885

Place

Caucasus, Russia

Magnitude

4

Focal depth

3 km (2 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.900° N, 47.800° E

Country

Russia

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.

• November 1667, Shemakha (Samaxi), AzerbaijanM6.9 · 80,000 deaths · 159 km
• January 14, 1668, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM6 · 7,000 deaths · 159 km
• February 13, 1902, Semacha, N Iran, AzerbaijanM6.9 · 2,000 deaths · 3,496 houses destroyed · 149 km
• March 9, 1830, Russia410 deaths · 180 km
• January 28, 1872, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM5.7 · 118 deaths · 163 km
• June 11, 1859, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM5.9 · 100 deaths · 146 km
• March 9, 1830, Dagestan, RussiaM6.3 · 40 deaths · 139 km
• May 14, 1970, Dagestan, RussiaM6.7 · 31 deaths · 153 km
• June 5, 2018, Shaki-Zaqatala, AzerbaijanM5.3 · 1 death · 94 km
• June 4, 1999, Agdas, Ucar, Agali, AzerbaijanM5.4 · 1 death · $5 million · 126 km
• June 8, 1652, Caucasus, RussiaM5.8 · Deaths: few · 24 km
• 743, Caspian Sea, RussiaM5.5 · 40 km
• May 7, 2012, Zagatala, AzerbaijanM5.7 · 3,100 houses destroyed · 93 km
• January 9, 1975, Dagestan, RussiaM5.2 · 129 km
• February 5, 2019, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM5 · 130 km

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