June 4, 1999 Earthquake: Agdas, Ucar, Agali, Azerbaijan
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Agdas, Ucar, Agali, Azerbaijan on June 4, 1999 at 09:12:50 UTC, 33 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- June 4, 1999
- Time
- 09:12:50 UTC
- Place
- Agdas, Ucar, Agali, Azerbaijan
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 40.802° N, 47.448° E
- Country
- Azerbaijan
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $5 million
- Houses damaged
- 50
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Eighteen people injured, more than 50 houses damaged
and estimated 5 million U.S. dollars damage in central
Azerbaijan, mostly in the Agdas area. Felt (V) at Xankandi
and (III) at Baku, Azerbaijan. Also felt (V) at Goris and
Ijevan; (III) at Gyumri, Stepanavan, Vanadzor and Yerevan,
Armenia. Felt (IV) at Tbilisi, Georgia and (II) at Derbent,
Gunib and Makhachkala, Russia. Also felt in the Ardabil
region, Iran. (reference #1053)
1 killed, $5 million damage. (reference #1250)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1139, Gyzndzha, Azerbaijan
- 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
- June 5, 2018, Shaki-Zaqatala, Azerbaijan
- December 18, 1880, Semacha, Somaki, Armenia, Azerbaijan
- August 9, 1828, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- 427, Azerbaijan
- February 5, 2019, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- January 1, 1671, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- September 2, 1869, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- May 7, 2012, Zagatala, Azerbaijan
- May 1, 1885, Caucasus, Russia
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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 5522.