April 25: The 4.8 mbTbilisi earthquake shook the area with a maximum MSK intensity of VII–VIII (Very strong – Damaging), causing 5–6 deaths and 52–70 injuries. Damage was estimated at $160–350 million.
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Madlen Pilz (2011), "Tbilisi in City-Maps: Symbolic Construction of an Urban Landscape", in Tsypylma Darieva; etal. (eds.), Urban Spaces after Socialism, Frankfurt am Main: Campus, ISBN9783593393841