Magnitude 6.9 Ms Depth 12,000 m Number of casualties 80,000 | Date 25 November 1667 | |
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Similar 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, 1138 Aleppo earthquake, 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, 1939 Erzincan earthquake | ||
The 1667 Shamakhi earthquake occurred on 25 November 1667 with an epicenter close to the city of Şamaxı, Azerbaijan (then part of Safavid Iran). It had an estimated surface wave magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. An estimated 80,000 people died.
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