September 6, 2009 Earthquake: Northwestern, Georgia
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Northwestern, Georgia on September 6, 2009 at 22:41:37 UTC, 15 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- September 6, 2009
- Time
- 22:41:37 UTC
- Place
- Northwestern, Georgia
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.660° N, 43.443° E
- Country
- Georgia
The toll
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- 1,000 with its tsunami and other effects
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
One person injured at Oni. At least 1,000 houses damaged or destroyed in northwestern Georgia. Felt (IV) at Tbilisi and (III) at Rustavi. Also felt at Bat'umi, Borjomi, K'ut'aisi,
Lagodekhi, Marneuli, P'ot'i, Sach'khere, Sokhumi, T'elavi and Zugdidi. Felt (II) at Rostov, Russia. Also felt at Alagirka, Babayurt, Derbent, Il'inka, Makhachkala, Maykop, Nal'chik, Pavlodol'skaya, Pokrovskoye, Sochi, Stavropol' and Vladikavkaz. Felt at Ach'ajur, Dilijan, Gyumri, Noyemberyan, Spitak, Step'anavan and Yerevan, Armenia. Also felt at
Ardahan, Kars, Rize and Trabzon, Turkey. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, Armenia
- October 22, 1926, Turkey, Armenia
- April 29, 1991, Dzhava, Chiatura, Ambrolauri, Georgia
- December 31, 1899, Turkey
- January 9, 1925, Ardahan, Turkey
- May 7, 1940, Turkey-Cis
- June 15, 1991, Dzhava, Tskhinvali, Ossetia, Georgia
- April 25, 2002, Tbilisi, Georgia
- May 13, 1986, Akhalkalaki, Susuz, Georgia
- March 25, 1976, Turkey
- August 3, 1989, Groznyy, Buynaksk, Russia
- May 15, 1991, Khekheti, Georgia
- 1350, Chegem Gorge, Chrebalo, Georgia
- April 14, 1275, Georgia
- February 20, 1920, Gori, Tiflis, Caucasus, Georgia
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Sources
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 8532.