In Georgia there are partly large earthquakes with strengths of more than 7.0, which cause damages within a radius of over 100 kilometers. Measured by the size of the country, earthquakes do not occur very frequently.
Since 1950 more than 280 people have been killed by direct consequences of earthquakes.
The strongest earthquake in Georgia happened on 04/29/1991 in the region Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale. The shifting of tectonic plates in a depth of 48 km resulted in 270 deaths.
Date
Region
Tiefe
Magnitude
Deaths
Total damage
09/06/2009
Northwestern
37 km
6.0
0
04/25/2002
Tbilisi
21 km
4.3
5
06/15/1991
Dzhava, Tskhinvali, Ossetia
20 km
6.1
8
05/15/1991
Khekheti
50 km
4.9
0
04/29/1991
Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri
48 km
7.0
270
05/13/1986
Akhalkalaki, Susuz
2 km
5.7
2
These statistics are based on datas from the National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Several data have been summarized and translated.