The 1859 Shamakhi earthquake struck Shamakhi in the Baku Governorate (present-day Azerbaijan Republic) of the Russian Empire, on 11 June.

The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 5.9 and caused moderate damage and killed approximately 100 people.

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