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1088 Tmogvi earthquake

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30: 227:, 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. 51: 37: 429: 505: 301: 422: 510: 415: 236: 398: 260:
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
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The Tmogvi earthquake was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the history of Georgia, and was associated with the
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Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles
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Sergiei Balassanian, Armando Cisternas, Mikael Melkumyan (2000),
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1088 Tmogvi earthquake is located in Georgia
Ms
41°24′N 43°12′E / 41.4°N 43.2°E / 41.4; 43.2
Georgia
Georgian
Easter Sunday
Kingdom of Georgia
Tmogvi
Javakheti
surface wave magnitude
active faults
Javakheti Plateau
Lesser Caucasus
List of earthquakes in Georgia (country)
List of historical earthquakes
Julian calendar



Significant Earthquake Database
National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA
doi
10.7289/V5TD9V7K





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