M3.9 earthquake 9 km WSW of Gori, Georgia
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Gori, Georgia on Tue, Apr 30, 1991, 6:28 AM GMT+4 (02:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 9 km NE of Java, Georgia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-04-30 02:28:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.947° N, 44.006° E
- Region
- Georgia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.23 km ENE of Sach’khere, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.46 km NE of Agara, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.89 km ENE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.84 km ENE of Oni, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.12 km SSW of Khashuri, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.66 km ESE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.512 km W of Java, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.022 km SW of Zest’aponi, Georgia · 12936 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.88 km S of Oni, Georgia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.813 km NNW of Sach’khere, Georgia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.114 km S of Mizur, Russia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.115 km N of Java, Georgia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.15 km WSW of Ts’khinvali, Georgia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Oni, Georgia · 12935 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.95 km SE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12934 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.124 km NE of Oni, Georgia · 12934 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Russia-Georgia border region · 12934 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.612 km SSW of Oni, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.211 km S of Agara, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.216 km NNE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.214 km NNW of Surami, Georgia · 12932 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.011 km NW of Borjomi, Georgia · 12931 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.62 km SSW of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12927 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.45 km N of Oni, Georgia · 12926 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.715 km NNE of Java, Georgia · 12926 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.811 km ENE of Oni, Georgia · 12922 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.97 km WSW of Oni, Georgia · 12921 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.43 km N of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12913 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.39 km NE of Java, Georgia · 12891 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.521 km E of Ts’khinvali, Georgia · 12889 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.619 km N of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.722 km SW of Mizur, Russia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.522 km NNW of Agara, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.49 km WSW of Oni, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.720 km NNW of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.31 km SSE of Dzegvi, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.520 km N of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Russia-Georgia border region · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 6.111 km NNW of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.524 km NW of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.48 km SSW of Mizur, Russia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.612 km SE of Chiat’ura, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.021 km NNE of Oni, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Russia-Georgia border region · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.4Russia-Georgia border region · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.69 km WSW of Oni, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.26 km NW of Ts’alk’a, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.525 km N of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9Russia-Georgia border region · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.720 km N of Java, Georgia · 12937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004r18. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC.