Earthquake with 3.3 magnitude recorded in Georgia

According to the website of the National Seismic Monitoring Center, a 3.3-magnitude tremor was fixed at 00:02 local time in eastern Georgia on February 15, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Its epicentre was located 59 kilometres from Tbilisi, near Mamishrali village of the Dmanisi city, at the depth of 10 kilometres.

There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Georgia is a country of average seismic activity. The most powerful earthquake recorded in Georgia, with a magnitude of 7, occurred in 1991 in the Racha and Imereti regions of western Georgia. The strength at the epicentre was 9 points. The earthquake killed about 200 people, and destroyed almost 46,000 homes and a thousand industrial facilities.