May 15, 1991 Earthquake: Khekheti, Georgia

Date

May 15, 1991

Time

14:28:50 UTC

Place

Khekheti, Georgia

Magnitude

4.9 (mb)

Focal depth

14 km (9 mi)

Intensity

5 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.565° N, 43.349° E

Country

Georgia

Deaths

Few (about 1 to 50)

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

45

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.

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