What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1088
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- Where
- Georgia
- Coordinates
- 41.40° N, 43.20° E
- Depth km
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1088 Tmogvi earthquake
Strong earthquake in Georgia
The 1088 Tmogvi earthquake occurred on April 16 or April 22, 1088, on Easter Sunday, in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Georgia. It takes its name from the castle of Tmogvi, in Javakheti, whose destruction is specifically noted in the medieval annals of Georgia. Its magnitude is estimated as 6.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale.
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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 “The 6.5 Tmogvi earthquake affects the southern provinces of Georgia, which causes the destruction of the castle of Tmogvi and many deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page