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5.1-magnitude earthquake shakes Azerbaijan

Panorama, Armenia
Nov 16 2017

A 5.1-magnitude quake has jolted central Azerbaijan some 92 kilometers east of the city of Barda at a depth of 10 kilometers, The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.

As RT reported, the epicenter of the quake, which struck at about 23:48 local time [2:48 a.m. GMT] lies some 212 kilometers (131 miles) from the country’s capital, Baku, which has a population estimated at 2 million people. There have been no reports of damages or casualties. Some 10 million people might have felt the tremors, according to EMSC estimates.

To note, Armenia’s National Service for Seismic Protection at Ministry of Emergency Situations reported the earthquake was felt in the whole territory of Armenia and Artsakh.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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