Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2000 Baku earthquake occurred on Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 22:10 (18:10 GMT) local time, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale in the epicentre with 6.3 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and three minutes later followed by a quake measuring 5.9. It was the strongest for almost 160 years, since 1842 in the Baku suburbs and in addition to the capital affected Sumgayit, Shamakhi and neighboring cities. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicentre was in the Caspian Sea, 25 km to the south south-east of Baku.