September 5, 1590 Earthquake: Nagykanizsa, Zagreb, Hungary, Croatia, Balkans NW
An earthquake struck Nagykanizsa, Zagreb, Hungary, Croatia, Balkans NW on September 5, 1590.
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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
- September 5, 1590
- Place
- Nagykanizsa, Zagreb, Hungary, Croatia, Balkans NW
- Intensity
- X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.900° N, 16.300° E
- Country
- Croatia
- Region
- Southern Europe
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1093 Montandon, Frederic (1953). Les Tremblements de Terre Destructeurs en Europe, a L'Union Internationale de Secours, Geneva, Switzerland, 195 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1964, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 9, 1880, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 26, 1502, Croatia, Balkans NW
- October 13, 1775, Bedekovcina, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 20, 1459, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 8, 1878, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 29, 1917, Brezice, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- March 30, 1738, Medimurje, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1640, Slovenia, Balkans NW
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 799.