427 Earthquake: Azerbaijan

Date

427

Place

Azerbaijan

Magnitude

6.7

Focal depth

12 km (7 mi)

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.500° N, 46.500° E

Country

Azerbaijan

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• 1139, Gyzndzha, Azerbaijan230,000 deaths · 28 km
• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 171 km
• November 1667, Shemakha (Samaxi), AzerbaijanM6.9 · 80,000 deaths · 178 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 171 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 171 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 159 km
• January 14, 1668, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM6 · 7,000 deaths · 178 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 151 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 139 km
• February 13, 1902, Semacha, N Iran, AzerbaijanM6.9 · 2,000 deaths · 3,496 houses destroyed · 179 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 200 km
• January 28, 1872, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM5.7 · 118 deaths · 186 km
• June 11, 1859, Shemakha (Semacha), AzerbaijanM5.9 · 100 deaths · 170 km
• April 25, 2002, Tbilisi, GeorgiaM4.3 · 5 deaths · 191 km
• June 4, 1999, Agdas, Ucar, Agali, AzerbaijanM5.4 · 1 death · $5 million · 87 km

Significant earthquakes of 427The 400sRecent earthquakes near here

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 109.