About 50 aftershocks recorded

  05 September 2015    Read: 902
About 50 aftershocks recorded
A strong earthquake is not expected in the same seismic focus
About 50 weak aftershocks have been recorded in the country since yesterday. The seismic tension is gradually weakening, Gurban Yetirmishli, the director general of the Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, told on Sept.5.

A strong earthquake is not expected in the country, Yetirmishli said, adding, there are may be palpable tremors, and it is natural.

The processes are taking place in the Earth’s crust. However, a 7-magnitude earthquake will not reoccur in the same seismic focus, Yetirmishli said.

A strong earthquake hit Azerbaijan’s Sheki district early Friday. The earthquake was measured 7 on the Richter scale in the epicenter, and 6 to 3 in some districts of the country.

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