M3.8 earthquake 11 km ENE of Oni, Georgia
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Oni, Georgia on Tue, May 14, 1991, 1:36 PM GMT+4 (09:36 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.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-05-14 09:36:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.609° N, 43.579° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.97 km WSW of Oni, Georgia · 12920 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.43 km N of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12912 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.919 km SE of Lent’ekhi, Georgia · 12911 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.39 km NE of Java, Georgia · 12889 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.521 km E of Ts’khinvali, Georgia · 12887 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.520 km W of Java, Georgia · 12873 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.414 km E of Java, Georgia · 12870 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.04 km SSW of Khashuri, Georgia · 12863 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.715 km NNE of Java, Georgia · 12924 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.45 km N of Oni, Georgia · 12924 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.62 km SSW of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12925 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.29 km NNW of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12928 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.011 km NW of Borjomi, Georgia · 12929 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.425 km N of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12929 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.214 km NNW of Surami, Georgia · 12931 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.216 km NNE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12931 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.619 km NNE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12931 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.211 km S of Agara, Georgia · 12932 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.612 km SSW of Oni, Georgia · 12932 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Russia-Georgia border region · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.124 km NE of Oni, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.95 km SE of Ambrolauri, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Oni, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.15 km WSW of Ts’khinvali, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.115 km N of Java, Georgia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.114 km S of Mizur, Russia · 12933 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.813 km NNW of Sach’khere, Georgia · 12934 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.9Georgia (Sak'art'velo) · 12934 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004rmu. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC.