List of earthquakes in Georgia

This article is about earthquakes in the country. For earthquakes in the U.S. state, see List of earthquakes in the United States.

This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Georgia.

	Region	Date	Mag.	Intensity	Epicenter	Depth (km)	Deaths	Injuries	Source
2022	Lori, Armenia	February 13	5.3 Mw	VI	41°09′14″N44°00′14″E / 41.154°N 44.004°E / 41.154; 44.004	10		2	[1] [2]
2009	Racha	September 8	6.0 Mw	VII	42°40′N43°26′E / 42.66°N 43.44°E / 42.66; 43.44	15		1	[3]
2002 Tbilisi earthquake	Tbilisi	April 25	4.8 Mb	VII–VIII	41°46′N44°52′E / 41.77°N 44.86°E / 41.77; 44.86	10	5–7	52–70
1991 Racha earthquake	Racha	April 29	7.0 Mw	IX	42°27′N43°40′E / 42.45°N 43.67°E / 42.45; 43.67	17	270
1920 Gori earthquake	Gori	February 20	6.2 Ms	IX	42°00′N44°06′E / 42.0°N 44.1°E / 42.0; 44.1	11	114–130
1900	Tbilisi	January 4			41°46′N44°52′E / 41.77°N 44.86°E / 41.77; 44.86		>1,000	Many	[4]
1283 Samtskhe earthquake	Samtskhe		7.0±0.5	IX-X	41°42′N43°12′E / 41.7°N 43.2°E / 41.7; 43.2				[5]
1088 Tmogvi earthquake	Tmogvi	April 16 or 22	6.5 Ms		41°24′N43°12′E / 41.4°N 43.2°E / 41.4; 43.2		Many
Mw = moment magnitude scale, Mb = body wave magnitude, and Ms = surface-wave magnitude. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Georgia (country)

References

1. "Two earthquakes hit Caucasus, stirring panic in Turkey's northeast". hurriyetdailynews.com. 14 February 2022.
2. "M 5.3 – 19 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia". United States Geological Survey.
3. "M6.0 – Georgia (Sak'art'velo)". United States Geological Survey.
4. The Annual Register of World Events, 1900 (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901) p. 461; "Eight Hundred Lives Lost", Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 5, 1900, p. 2
5. Varazanashvili, O.; Tsereteli, N.; Tsereteli, E. (2011). Müller, B.; Chelidze, T. (eds.). Historical Earthquakes in Georgia (up to 1900): Source Analysis and Catalogue Compilation. M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics, I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. pp. 37–40. ISBN   978-9941-9031-9-9.

Sources

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K, archived from the original on September 29, 2006

Further reading

• Yetirmishli, Gurban; Bondár, István; Cowgill, Eric; Javakishvili, Zurab; Sukhishvili, Lasha; Dzmanashvili, Manana; Tumanova, Nino; Buzaladze, Albert; Boichenko, Giorgi; Gunia, Irakli; Godoladze, Tea; Gok, Rengin; Onur, Tuna (2020), "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Using Legacy Data in Georgia", Seismological Research Letters, 91 (3): 1500–1517, Bibcode:2020SeiRL..91.1500O, doi:10.1785/0220190331, S2CID   218828453