Strong earthquakes in Azerbaijan for historical and contemporary periods (conceptual review)

• Datum: 2021
• Hauptverfasser: Babayev, G. R., Agayeva , S. T.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Russisch
• Veröffentlicht: S. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine 2021
• Schlagworte: destructive earthquakes; Azerbaijan; seismicity of the region; seismic hazard; intensity of shaking at the epicenter; methods of assessing seismic hazard
• Online Zugang: https://journals.uran.ua/geofizicheskiy/article/view/236383
• Назва журналу: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

Based on the results of the study of literary and archival primary sources, the paper clarifies the available information about catastrophic and destructive earthquakes in Azerbaijan for the historical period with a magnitude of M≥6. Among the strong historical earthquakes in Azerbaijan there are th...