Earthquake details

Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Georgia on Wednesday, September 8, 1971 at 22:35 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Gyumri (Georgia - GE), about 60.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 44.056 and latitude 41.314.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	41.314, 44.056
UTC time	1971-09-08 22:35:14.840

Location	Tbilisi
Country	Georgia (GE)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1971-09-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Gyumri	60.5 km
Vanadzor	67.6 km
Gori	74.8 km
Tbilisi	77.4 km
Rustavi	81.8 km
Ts'khinvali	102.0 km
Hrazdan	106.5 km
Kars	114.0 km
Abovyan	125.6 km
Vagharshapat	129.4 km
Yerevan	131.9 km
Tovuz	136.6 km

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