Nagorno-Karabakh

The earthquake registered near Makhachkala was also felt in Stepanakert

On December 8, at 10:42 a.m. local time (06:42 a.m. GMT), the seismological network of the Seismic Protection Territorial Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Armenia registered Russia with geographical coordinates of 42.23⁰ north latitude and 46.82⁰ east longitude; 99 km south-west of Makhachkala city, 10 km deep, 5.6 magnitude earthquake.

The strength of the underground shock in the epicentral zone was 7-8 points.

The earthquake was felt in the Tavush, Lori, and Gegharkunik regions of RA and Artsakh with a magnitude of 2-3.