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Historic Earthquake
1991 Racha Earthquake
29 April 1991 · Dzhava, Chiatura · Georgia
On 29 April 1991 at 09:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Georgia (Dzhava, Chiatura), at a depth of 17 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 437 km from its boundary with the Anatolian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 270 people.
- Date
- 29 April 1991
- Time
- 09:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 17 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 270
- Estimated Damage
- 1.7 billion US dollars
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Georgia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Kazbek (74 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19881988 Spitak Earthquake · M 6.825,000 deaths
- 1983Erzurum Earthquake of 1983 · M 6.91,342 deaths
- 19701970 Dagestan Earthquake · M 6.731 deaths
- 1940Georgia · M 6.016 deaths
- 1935Kiği–Kars Earthquake of 1935 · M 6.1540 deaths
- 1926Kars Earthquake of 1926 · M 5.9400 deaths
- 1905Caucasus · M 7.5
- 1900Kars Earthquake of 1900 · M 5.9140 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth