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

2022

| Lori, Armenia

| February 13

| 5.3 {{M|w}}

| VI

| {{Coord|41.154|N|44.004|E}}

| 10

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| 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

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| 15

|

| 1

|{{cite web|title=M6.0 – Georgia (Sak'art'velo)|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000h1ar#general_summary|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}

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| 2002 Tbilisi earthquake

| Tbilisi

| April 25

| 4.8 Mb

| VII–VIII

| {{Coord|41.77|N|44.86|E|}}

| 10

| 5–7

| 52–70

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| 1991 Racha earthquake

| Racha

| April 29

| 7.0 Mw

| IX

| {{Coord|42.45|N|43.67|E|}}

| 17

| 270

|

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| 1920 Gori earthquake

| 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

|

|

| {{Coord|41.77|N|44.86|E|}}

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| >1,000

| Many

|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

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| 1283

| Samtskhe

|

| 6.3

| IX

| {{Coord|41.7|N|43.2|E|}}

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| 1088 Tmogvi earthquake

| Tmogvi

| April 16 or 22

| 6.5 Ms

|

| {{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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