1283 Earthquake: Samtskhe, Dzhavakhet, Georgia

Date

1283

Place

Samtskhe, Dzhavakhet, Georgia

Magnitude

6.3

Focal depth

14 km (9 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.700° N, 43.200° E

Country

Georgia

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 114 km
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million · 174 km
• May 28, 1903, Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, TurkeyM5.8 · 1,000 deaths · 98 km
• May 1, 1935, Kigi, TurkeyM6.1 · 540 deaths · 127 km
• October 22, 1926, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 400 deaths · 97 km
• April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, GeorgiaM7 · 270 deaths · $1.7 billion · 92 km
• December 31, 1899, TurkeyM5.6 · 247 deaths · 27 km
• January 9, 1925, Ardahan, TurkeyM5.8 · 200 deaths · 65 km
• July 12, 1900, Kars,karakurt,kagizman,digor, TurkeyM5.9 · 140 deaths · 1,100 houses destroyed · 156 km
• May 7, 1940, Turkey-CisM6 · 16 deaths · 50 km
• June 15, 1991, Dzhava, Tskhinvali, Ossetia, GeorgiaM6.1 · 8 deaths · 108 km
• April 25, 2002, Tbilisi, GeorgiaM4.3 · 5 deaths · 146 km
• April 29, 1976, TurkeyM5.5 · 4 deaths · 95 km
• September 18, 1984, E, Erzurum, Olur-Senkaya, TurkeyM6.4 · 3 deaths · 75,000 houses destroyed · 122 km
• October 18, 1984, E, Senkaya, TurkeyM5.3 · 3 deaths · 75,000 houses destroyed · 145 km

Significant earthquakes of 1283The 1200sRecent earthquakes near here

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 482.