Earthquake details

Saturday, January 3, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Georgia on Saturday, January 3, 1970 at 06:54 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Gori (Georgia - GE), about 62.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 43.457 and latitude 41.713.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	41.713, 43.457
UTC time	1970-01-03 06:54:43.910

Location	Kutaisi
Country	Georgia (GE)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-01-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Gori	62.4 km
Ts'khinvali	71.2 km
Kutaisi	88.3 km
Gyumri	107.3 km
Tbilisi	114.4 km
Rustavi	127.7 km
Kars	127.9 km
Vanadzor	133.2 km
Batumi	151.8 km
P’ot’i	155.2 km
Zugdidi	158.1 km
Hrazdan	172.0 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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