Georgia earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 24 km NW of Java, Georgia

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 24 km NW of Java, Georgia on Mon, Apr 29, 1991, 10:23 PM GMT+4 (18:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 11 km NNW of Java, Georgia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (mb), moderate
Local time: Mon, Apr 29, 1991, 10:23 PM GMT+4
UTC: 1991-04-29 18:23:15 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 42.583° N, 43.764° E
Region: Georgia
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 26.3% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004r0f (also filed as atlas19910429182318, iscgem337013). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.