1555 Earthquake: Razlovci, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
An earthquake struck Razlovci, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia in 1555.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1555
- Place
- Razlovci, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- Intensity
- 12 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.800° N, 22.800° E
- Country
- North Macedonia
The toll
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, Serbia
- May 22, 2012, Pernik, Bulgaria
- September 30, 1858, Bulgaria
- April 23, 1818, Bulgaria
- 1641, Bulgaria
- February 26, 1755, Serbia, Balkans NW
- October 8, 1905, Bulgaria
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- April 4, 1904, Struma, Bulgaria
- September 4, 896, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- November 3, 1977, Velingrad, Romania
- September 11, 2016, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- September 28, 1985, Demir Kapija-Negotino, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 729.