An earthquake was registered in Azerbaijan on Saturday morning.

Five tremors were recorded in northwestern Azerbaijan in recent days, and their epicenters were in the Qabala and the Sheki Regions, the Azerbaijani press informed citing the country’s seismological center.

The last tremor was registered on Saturday at 9:59am, in the Qabala Region. Its epicenter was 14 km northeast of the same-name regional capital city and the hypocenter was 5 km beneath the surface. The quake measured magnitude 6 at the epicenter, and magnitude 5 in Qabala city.  

Four other seismic activities were recorded in Sheki.

The last time when a tremor had hit the area was on Friday at 7:46am. The epicenter was 6 km to the east of the regional capital city and the hypocenter was 9 km beneath the surface. This quake had measured magnitude 3.2.