1088 Tmogvi earthquake

Strong earthquake in Georgia 1088 Tmogvi earthquake yes 1088 04 16 Georgia 6.5 s y 15 km on 41.4 43.2 inline,title Georgia Severe Many The 1088 Tmogvi earthquake (თმოგვის მიწისძვრა) occurred on April 16Vivian, Katharine (1991), The Georgian chronicle: the Period of Giorgi Lasha, p. 323. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert. or April 22,Sergiei Balassanian, Armando Cisternas, Mikael Melkumyan (2000), Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction, p. 129. Springer, 0-7923-6390-6.Modern catalogues (Balassanian et al 2000) indicate the date of the earthquake as April 22. Orthodox Easter of 1088 falls on April 16 on the Julian calendar (Vivian 1991). 1088, on Easter Sunday, in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Georgia. It takes its name from the castle of Tmogvi, in Javakheti, whose destruction is specifically noted in the medieval annals of Georgia.Thomson, Robert W. (1996), Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles, p. 314. Oxford University Press, 0-19-826373-2 Its magnitude is estimated as 6.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. History The Tmogvi earthquake was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the history of Georgia, and was associated with the active faults of the Javakheti Plateau in the Lesser Caucasus.Recorded Earthquake Events, p. 39. Atlas of Natural Hazards & Risks of Georgia, 978-9941-0-4310-9. According to the anonymous 12th-century Life of King of Kings David, the earthquake shook Georgia on the "last day of Holy Week, on the very resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ". The chronicle reports widespread destruction and many casualties and adds that "fearsome trembling of the earth lasted for a year". The author specifically notes the collapse of the castle of Tmogvi, trapping its lord Kakhaber, son of Niania, and his wife underneath. See also List of earthquakes in Georgia List of historical earthquakes Notes "Note" References Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set Tmogvi Category:1088 in Asia Category:1088 in Europe Category:11th century in the Kingdom of Georgia Category:Earthquakes in Georgia (country)