The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Baku_earthquake" id="mwAaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2000 Baku earthquake">2000 Baku earthquake</a>, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" id="mwAaE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" id="mwAaI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.