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1088 Tmogvi earthquake

Strong earthquake in Georgia

Field	Value
title	1088 Tmogvi earthquake
pre-1900	yes
local-date
map2	{{Location map+	Georgia	relief=1
{{Location map~	Georgia	lat	41.72	long=44.78	label=Tbilisi	label_size=120	mark=Green pog.svg}}
{{Location map~	Georgia	lat	41.4	long=43.2	mark=Bullseye1.png	marksize=40}}
lat	41.4
long	43.2
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	40
position	top
width	250
float	right
caption	}}
magnitude	6.5
depth	15 km
location
countries affected	Georgia
damages	Severe
casualties	Many

|pre-1900 = yes |local-date = The 1088 Tmogvi earthquake (თმოგვის მიწისძვრა) occurred on April 16 or April 22,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. 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.

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.

Notes

References

Vivian, Katharine (1991), ''The Georgian chronicle: the Period of Giorgi Lasha'', p. 323. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert.
Sergiei Balassanian, Armando Cisternas, Mikael Melkumyan (2000), ''Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction'', p. 129. Springer, {{ISBN. 0-7923-6390-6.
Thomson, Robert W. (1996), ''Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles'', p. 314. Oxford University Press, {{ISBN. 0-19-826373-2
[http://drm.cenn.org/Hazard_assessment_files/Earthquakes.pdf Recorded Earthquake Events, p. 39]. [http://drm.cenn.org/index.php/en/background-information/paper-atlas Atlas of Natural Hazards & Risks of Georgia], {{ISBN. 978-9941-0-4310-9.
National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS). (1972). "Significant Earthquake Database". [[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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