earthquake

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 in eastern Georgia

By | June 8th, 2017|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 rattled Georgia late Wednesday evening with only minor damage reported in one village. The quake occurred at about 10.30pm with the epicenter near Dedoplistskaro in Kakheti, 100km east of Tbilisi, […]

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Tbilisi

By | July 12th, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 caused slight shaking in the Georgian capital Tbilisi Tuesday afternoon. The quake occurred at 2:14pm local time and had its epicenter 10-15 km away from Dmanisi, a town in southern […]

3.7 magnitude earthquake rattles southern Caucasus

By | October 9th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

The earthquake caused debris to fall down in the Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli, injuring one miner. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A 3.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the south central slopes of the Caucasus mountains Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at 4:36 pm Tbilisi time and had its epicenter near the mining town Tkibuli, in western Georgia. According to Tamaz Dolaberidze, […]

Earthquake hits Georgia again

By | December 26th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — An earthquake hit Georgia Wednesday morning; the second one in three days. Two strong quakes were felt early morning December 26, at 02:44 and 03:00 am. According to the seismic monitoring center, the strength of the earthquakes were 5.5 and […]

Phone outage after earthquake in Georgia

By | December 23rd, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — There was an earthquake in Georgia on Sunday, causing minor damage in parts of the country. According to the national seismic monitoring center, the earthquake struck at 17:31 local time and had a magnitude of 5.7. The epicenter was 46 km […]

Several earthquakes in Georgia and Azerbaijan

By | October 14th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border at about 14:15 on Sunday. The epicenter was 10 km east of Lagodekhi, Georgia, and 10 km in depth. The seismic monitoring center of Ilia University in Georgia […]

Two minor earthquakes in South Caucasus

By | May 7th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Caucasus region experienced two minor earthquakes Monday, the strongest of 5.6 magnitude. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at 08:40 in the morning with epicenter in the border region between Azerbaijan and Georgia, 17 kilometers from Zagatala, […]