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Azerbaijan earthquakes in 1986

14 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Azerbaijan in 1986. The largest: M6.5 105 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan, Mar 6, 1986.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19851987

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Where every quake of 1986 was located in Azerbaijan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1986

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198625.39 km WSW of Boradigah, Azerbaijan
February 198614.718 km NNE of ?uraabad, Azerbaijan
March 198686.5105 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan
April 19860
May 19860
June 198614.61 km NNE of Qutqashen, Azerbaijan
July 19860
August 198614.516 km E of ?uraabad, Azerbaijan
September 19860
October 19860
November 198614.514 km WSW of Haftoni, Azerbaijan
December 19860

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Azerbaijan nowWorldwide in 1986

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.