List of earthquakes in Georgia
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This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Georgia.
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! Region
! Date ! {{m|Mag}} ! Intensity ! Epicenter ! Depth (km) ! Deaths ! Injuries ! Source |
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2022
| February 13 | 5.3 {{M|w}} | VI | {{Coord|41.154|N|44.004|E}} | 10 | | 2 |{{Cite web|title=Two earthquakes hit Caucasus, stirring panic in Turkey's northeast|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-earthquakes-hit-caucasus-stirring-panic-in-turkeys-northeast-171510|website=hurriyetdailynews.com|date=14 February 2022 }}{{Cite web|title=M 5.3 – 19 km WSW of Metsavan, Armenia|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000gkl5/executive|publisher=United States Geological Survey}} |
2009
| | September 8 | 6.0 Mw | VII | {{Coord|42.66|N|43.44|E |
| 15
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| 1
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| Tbilisi
| April 25
| 4.8 Mb
| VII–VIII
| {{Coord|41.77|N|44.86|E|}}
| 10
| 5–7
| 52–70
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| Racha
| April 29
| 7.0 Mw
| IX
| {{Coord|42.45|N|43.67|E|}}
| 17
| 270
|
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| Gori
| February 20
| 6.2 Ms
| IX
| {{Coord|42.0|N|44.1|E|}}
| 11
| 114–130
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| 1900
| Tbilisi
| January 4
|
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| {{Coord|41.77|N|44.86|E|}}
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| >1,000
| Many
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| 1283
| Samtskhe
|
| 6.3
| IX
| {{Coord|41.7|N|43.2|E|}}
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| Tmogvi
| April 16 or 22
| 6.5 Ms
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| {{Coord|41.4|N|43.2|E|}}
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| Many
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| colspan="10" style="text-align: center;" |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.
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See also
References
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Sources
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- {{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2006|author=NGDC|publisher=National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year=1972|type=Data Set}}
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Further reading
- {{citation|doi=10.1785/0220190331|title=Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Using Legacy Data in Georgia|year=2020|last1=Yetirmishli|first1=Gurban|last2=Bondár|first2=István|last3=Cowgill|first3=Eric|last4=Javakishvili|first4=Zurab|last5=Sukhishvili|first5=Lasha|last6=Dzmanashvili|first6=Manana|last7=Tumanova|first7=Nino|last8=Buzaladze|first8=Albert|last9=Boichenko|first9=Giorgi|last10=Gunia|first10=Irakli|last11=Godoladze|first11=Tea|last12=Gok|first12=Rengin|last13=Onur|first13=Tuna|journal=Seismological Research Letters|volume=91|issue=3|pages=1500–1517|bibcode=2020SeiRL..91.1500O |s2cid=218828453 }}
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