Archivi categoria: Macroseismic Catalogue of Georgia

1991 M 6.9 Racha earthquake (1991.04290912)

This earthquake occurred on 29/04/1991 at 09:12:45 UTC. It has a given magnitude of 6.9 Ms (6.9 Mw) and an hypocentral depth of 12 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). The IDPs range from 2-3 to 9 (MSK) and are located between Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.


Stats
IDPs number: 313; Areal extent (WGS84): (39.508-45.033°N; 39.717-47.850°E); Rhypo range (km): 14-394.

1990 M 5.1 earthquake (1990.12161545)

This earthquake occurred on 16/12/1990 at 15:43 UTC. It has a given magnitude of 5.1 Ms (5.5 Mw) and an hypocentral depth of 14 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). The IDPs range from 3-4 to 7 (MSK) and are located between Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.


Stats
IDPs number: 77; Areal extent (WGS84): (40.150-42.347°N; 42.312-46.275°E); Rhypo range (km): 15-218.

1990 M 4.1 earthquake (1990.09220246)

This earthquake occurred on 22/09/1990 at 02:46 UTC. It has a given magnitude of 4.1 Ms (4.8 Mw) and an hypocentral depth of 9 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). The IDPs range from 3-4 to 5-6 (MSK) and are located between eastern Georgia and Russia.


Stats
IDPs number: 13; Areal extent (WGS84): (41.465-42.111°N; 44.800-46.383°E); Rhypo range (km): 15-104.

1989 M 4.5 earthquake (1989.04130749)

This earthquake occurred on 13/04/1989 at 07:49 UTC. It has a given magnitude of 4.5 Ms (5.1 Mw) and an hypocentral depth of 16 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). The IDPs range from 2-3 to 4-5 (MSK) and are located between eastern Georgia, Russia, western Azerbaijan and northern Armenia.


Stats
IDPs number: 51; Areal extent (WGS84): (40.375-42.347°N; 44.693-47.425°E); Rhypo range (km):22-186.

1997 M 5.3 Khasmi earthquake (1997.11271734 )

This earthquake occurred on 09/02/1997 at 21:49:08 UTC. It has a given magnitude of 4.1 Ms (4.8 Mw) and an hypocentral depth of 34 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). The IDPs range from 3-4 to 5 (MSK) and are all located in central Georgia.


Stats
IDPs number: 11; Areal extent (WGS84): (41.488-41.859°N; 44.800-45.332°E); Rhypo range (km): 20-48.

2002 M 4.6 Tbilisi earthquake (2002.04251741)

This earthquake occurred on 25/04/2000 at 17:41:21 (UTC), the given magnitude is 4.6 Ms (5.2 Mw) and the hypocentral depth is 26 km (Unpublished instrumental data. Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics). Regarding the IDPs, they range between 2-3 and 7 and are located in Georgia, Armena and  Azerbaijan.

2012 M 5.4 Black Sea earthquake (2012.12231331)

This earthquake occurred on 23/12/2012 at 13:31:40 (UTC), the given magnitude is 5.6 Ms (5.8 Mw) and the hypocentral depth is 15 km (Varazanashvili, 2017). Regarding the IDPs, they range between 3 and 6-7 (MSK) and are located in Georgia and Russia.


Stats
IDPs number: 23; Areal extent (WGS84): (41,643-44,891°N; 37,324-44,832°E); Rhypo range (km): 61-402.

GeoInt – The Macroseismic Catalogue of The Republic of Georgia

Hereunder is reported a set of selected earthquakes belonging to the Georgian catalogue, each one associated with macroseismic intensity data points (IDPs).


Interactive map of the 111 earthquake epicentres belongint to GeoInt; click the link to see IDPs distribution for each earthquake. 44 out of 111 belong the Historical Period (1250 B.C.-1900 A.D. – white squares),  25 belong to the Early Instrumental Period (1900 A.D.-1955 A.D. – blue squares) and 42 belong to the Late Instrumental Period (1956 A.D.-today – black squares). Epicentres are from Kondorskaya and Shebalin (1982)Gotsadze and Tutberidze (1986), Varazanashvili et al. (2011), Varazanashvili (2017), and unpublished instrumental data (Archives of the TSU M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics).

Earthquake list (Date and time; Magnitude; Area; Maximum intensity; ID)
Late Instrumental Period
2012-12-23 13:31:40 UTC; 5.4; Black Sea; 6-7; 2012.12231331;
2002-04-25 17:41:21 UTC; 4.6; Tbilisi; 7; 2002.04251741;
1997-11-27 17:34:26 UTC; 5.5; Khasmi; 6-7; 1997.11271734;
1997-02-09 21:49:08 UTC; 4.1; Paravani; 5; 1997.02092149;
1996-05-28 04:50:10 UTC; 4.3; Askana; 6-7; 1996.05280450;
1994-03-04 23:08:13 UTC; 3.9; Khasmi; 6-7; 1994.03042308;
1992-10-23 23:19:44 UTC; 6.3; Barisakho; 7; 1992.10232319;
1991-04-29 09:12:45 UTC; 6.9; Racha; 9; 1991.04290912;
1990-12-16 15:45:36 UTC; 5.1; – ; 7; 1990.12161545;
1990-09-22 02:46:01 UTC; 4.1; – ; 5-6; 1990.09220246;
1989-04-13 07:49:19 UTC; 4.5; – ; 4-5; 1989.04130749;
1988-09-09 01:02:19 UTC; 3.3; – ; 5-6; 1988.09090102;
1988-09-06 19:16:38 UTC; 4.6; – ; 7; 1988.09061916;
1986-09-03 09:28:17 UTC; 4.4; – ; 5-6; 1986.09030928;
1986-05-13 08:44:01 UTC; 5.6; – ; 7-8; 1986.05130844;
1985-07-04 05:08:28 UTC; 5.1; – ; 5-6; 1985.07040508;
1984-07-04 21:25:53 UTC; 4.0; – ; 5; 1984.07042125;
1984-01-19 09:21:31 UTC; 4.0; – ; 5-6; 1984.01190921
1982-01-24 02:03:50 UTC; 4.0; – ; 5; 1982.01240203;
1981-02-23 04:06:36 UTC; 4.9; – ; 7; 1981.02230406;
1979-12-27 21:16:51 UTC; 4.3; Rechkhi; 7; 1979.12272116;
1978-08-22 22:48:17 UTC; 4.3; Kvemo Boshuri; 6; 1978.08222248;
1978-05-26 13:43:38 UTC; 5.3; Tlyarata; 6; 1978.05261343;
1978-01-02 06:31:26 UTC; 5.3; Dmanisi; 8; 1978.01020631
1974:08:04 15:06:12 UTC; 5.1; Bezhta; 6-7; 1974.08041506;
1971-09-08 22:35:08 UTC; 4.5; Dmanisi; 6; 1971.09082235;
1971-06-28 19:53:41 UTC; 4.0; – ; 6; 1971.06281953;
1970-01-03 06:54:41 UTC; 4.7; Borjomi; 7; 1970.01030654;
1969-06-14 17:44:57 UTC; 4.6; – ; 5-6; 1969.06141744;
1968-06-19 15:03:34 UTC; 4.0; – ; 4-5; 1968.06191503;
1968-05-13 02:46:34 UTC; 4.5; – ; 6-7; 1968.05130246;
1968-03-06 03:01:01 UTC; 3.7; – ; 5; 1968.03060301;
1967-06-29 08:22:44 UTC; 4.4; Paravani; 6-7; 1967.06290822;
1967-06-17 09:59:05 UTC; 4.0; Khashmi; 6; 1967.06170956;
1964-03-11 00:08:59 UTC; 4.5; -; 6; 1964.03110008;
1963-07-16 18:27:14 UTC; 6.4; Chkhalta; 9; 1963.07161827;
1959-12-08 13:33:58 UTC; 5.4; Madatapa; 7-8; 1959.12081333;
1959-05-20 19:49:16 UTC; 5.1; Adzhara-Guria; 7-8; 1959.05201949;
1958-11-26 00:12:07 UTC; 4.6; Sighnaghi; 6; 1958.11260012;
1958-07-05 02:05:57 UTC; 4.6; Achigvara; 7; 1958.07050205;
1958-05-31 03:50:07 UTC; 4.7; – ; 6; 1958.05310350;
1957-01-29 15:21:26 UTC; 5.3; Gegechkori; 8; 1957.01291521;

Early Instrumental Period
1955-12-25 18:43:30 UTC; 4.8; Zemo Samegrelo; 6-7; 1955.12251843;
1954-06-11 11:25:36 UTC; 4.6; Gomareti; 7; 1954.06111125;
1953-02-12 07:46:52 UTC; 4.0; Кvemo Boshuri; 6-7; 1953.02120746;
1951-11-02 21:55:42 UTC; 5.3; Mtatusheti; 7; 1951.11022155;
1951-03-03 21:41:23 UTC; 4.6; – ; 6; 1951.03032141;
1951-01-17 00:21:30 UTC; 4.2; – ; 6; 1951.01170021;
1948-09-13 00:55:07 UTC; 4.3; Dasavlet; 6; 1948.09130055;
1947-08-15 04:11:03 UTC; 5.5; Gudamakari; 7-8; 1947.08150411;
1941-06-15 01:28:24 UTC; 4.7; Menji; 6-7; 1941.06150128;
1940-09-26 02:18:14 UTC; 3.5; Ambrolauri; 7; 1940.09260218;
1940-07-10 13:10:48 UTC; 5.1; Tabatskuri; 6; 1940.07101310;
1940-05-23 19:10:00 UTC; 4.0; Tabatskuri; 6; 1940.05231910;
1940-05-07 22:23:18 UTC; 6.0; Tabatskuri; 8; 1940.05072223;
1940-03-09 20:08:43 UTC; 4.9; – ; 6; 1940.03092008;
1936-05-09 10:24:31 UTC; 3.6; – ; 5-6; 1936.05091024;
1935-01-19 00:49:25 UTC; 4.7; Shavi Sgva-Sokhumi; 6; 1935.01190049;
1930-11-07 05:56:52 UTC; 4.8; Samegrelo-Svaneti; 6; 1930.11070556;
1928-04-20 08:16:00 UTC; 4.6; – ; 6-7; 1928.04200816;
1925-05-13 22:51:17 UTC; 5.1; – ; 7; 1925.05132251;
1925-01-09 17:38:24 UTC; 5.8; Ardahan; 8-9; 1925.01091738;
1920-02-20 11:44:25 UTC; 6.2; Kartli; 8-9; 1920.02201144;
1915-01-14 05:09:43 UTC; 5.4; Dariali; 7; 1915.01140509;
1913-04-20 03:13:24 UTC; 5.6; – ; 6; 1913.04200313;
1912-10-12 19:48:57; 6.3;  Tskhratskaro; 7; 1912.10121948;
1908-12-10 04:39:00; 4.8; Tkibuli; 7; 1908.12100439;

Historical Period
1899-12-31 10:50 UTC; 6.1; Akhalkalaki; 9; 1899.12311050;
1898-07-13; 4.2; Javakheti III; 5-6; 1898.08130000;
1897-02-03 02:00 UTC; 3.8; Lagodekhi area; 6; 1897.02030200;
1896-09-22 03:53 UTC; 6.3; Tbilisi area; 7-8; 1896.09220353;
1894-11-29 10:30 UTC; 5.0; Mtskheta area II; 6; 1894.11291030;
1891-03-27 18:30 UTC; 4.5; Qareli area; 5-6; 1891.03271830;
1891 A.D.; 6.0; Amtkeli; 8; 1891.00000000;
1890-10-28 19:00 UTC; 5.2; Mtskheta area I; 7; 1890.10281900;
1887-07-16 17:45 UTC; 4.9; Lancukhuti; 7; 1887.07161745;
1881-08-24 20:00 UTC; 4.0; Kartili; 5; 1881.08242000;
1878-11-26 23:30 UTC; 4.3; Borjomi area; 5-6; 1878.11262300;
1877-08-08 06:30 UTC; 3.8; Utsera; 6-7; 1877.08080630;
1874-02-25 19:30 UTC; 3.8; Borjomi; 5-6; 1874.02251930;
1870-07-19 14:30 UTC; 4.2; Ozurgeti; 6; 1870.07191430;
1868-12-09 16:30 UTC; 4.0; Pasanauri; 4-5; 1868.12091630;
1868-02-18 17:00 UTC; 4.9; Javakheti II; 6-7; 1868.02181700;
1856-02-13 13:04 UTC; 3.8; Gori; 5; 1856.02131304;
1853-03-18 00:30 UTC; 4.2; kakheti III; 6; 1853.03180030;
1846-04-23 21:00 UTC; 3.8; Jvarisa; 6; 1846.04232100;
1845-05-24 01:00 UTC; 4.6; Javakheti I; 7; 1845.05240100;
1819-02-28 A.D.; 4.5; Tbilisi IV; 7; 1819.02280000;
1811-01-01 05:00 UTC; 5.0; Kakheti II; 7-8; 1811.01010500;
1805-02-21 19:00 UTC; 4.4; Gori area; 5-6; 1805.02211900;
1804-10-11 17:00 UTC; 3.8; Tbilisi III; 5-6; 1804.10111700;
1803-10-29 A.D.; 3.8; Tbilisi II; 6; 1803.10290000;
1785-05; 5.5; Shemomqmedi; 8; 1785.05000000;
1756 A.D.; 4.7; Kacheti I; 7; 1756.00000000;
1750 A.D.; 6.9; Labaskaldi_Tseri; 9-10; 1750.00000001;
1750 A.D.; 7.0; Akiba; 9-10; 1750.00000000;
1742-08-05; 7.0; Alaverdi II; 9; 1742.08050000;
1682-06-13 22:30 UTC; 4.2; Tbilisi I; 6-7; 1682.06132230;
1614 A.D.; 6.0; Tsaishi; 8-9; 1614.00000000;
1600 A.D.; 7.0; Bzipi; 9-10; 1600.00000000;
1530 A.D.; 5.7; Alaverdi I; 8; 1530.00000000;
1350 A.D.; 7.0; Lechkumi-Svaneti; 9-10; 1350.00000000;
1283 A.D.; 7.0; Samtskhe; 9-10; 1283.00000000;
1275 A.D.; 6.5; Mtskheta; 9-10; 1275.00000000;
1100 A.D.; 7.0; Nenskra-Abakura; 9-10; 1100.00000000;
1088 A.D.; 6.5; Tmogvi; 9; 1088.04220000;
742 A.D.; 6.4; Jvari Pass; 8-9; 742.00000000;
400 A.D.; 5.5; Sebastopolisi; 8; 400.00000000;
85 A.D.; 7.0; Bebnisi; 9-10; 85.00000000;
50 A.D.; 5.5; Dioskuria; 8; 50.00000000;
1250 B.C; 6.6; Kvira; 9-10; -1250.00000000;