The earthquake in Azerbaijan has damaged roofs in Armenia’s Tavush Region, Governor Hovik Abovyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding, however, that he personally had not felt any tremor.

The regional governor also informed that the relevant regional agency has gone to the area to record the damage.  

“They are working at present, they will present a report, [and] we definitely will take action to restore the damage,” Abovyan noted.

The earthquake, which hit Azerbaijan on Monday, also was felt in the Tavush Region of Armenia and in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, where it measured 3 magnitude.    

Information was received from the Armenia Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) National Seismic Protection Service, at 8:40am, that a 5.1-magnitude earthquake had occurred in Azerbaijan, at 6:38am local time, 23 km southwest of Quba city, the MES Rescue Service informed.    

The quake measured 7 magnitude at the epicenter, and its hypocenter was 15 km beneath the surface.