What the records say
- When
- 20 Feb 1920
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Where
- Georgia
- Coordinates
- 42.00° N, 44.10° E
- Depth km
- 11
1920 Gori earthquake
Earthquake in Gori, Georgia
The 1920 Gori earthquake hit the Democratic Republic of Georgia on 20 February at 15:44 local time. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Heavy damage affected the town of Gori and its medieval fortress.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1920 Gori earthquake: An earthquake hits Gori in the Democratic Republic of Georgia, killing 114.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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