The city lies in the Kura depression where the Arabian plate's northward push is absorbed by the Trialeti thrust belt; the 2002 earthquake was only Mw 4.5 but was shallow and directly beneath the old town, damaging hundreds of historic buildings.
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Living within 150 km of the city centre
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Mixed construction stock with regional engineering standards
Convergent Margin
Active fault boundary with frequent seismicity
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Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Tbilisi) · 3
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