July 25, 1590 Earthquake: Senj, Croatia, Balkans NW

Date

July 25, 1590

Place

Senj, Croatia, Balkans NW

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

45.000° N, 14.900° E

Country

Croatia

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.

• January 25, 1348, Celovac, Veneto, Slovenia, Villach, Italy, Austria5,000 deaths · 190 km
• August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy3,000 deaths · 169 km
• May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, ItalyM6.5 · 978 deaths · $3.6 billion · 197 km
• December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria20 deaths · 197 km
• January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina19 deaths · 183 km
• October 30, 1930, Senigallia, ItalyM6 · 18 deaths · 167 km
• March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.5 · 15 deaths · 176 km
• October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6 · 14 deaths · $50 million · 189 km
• September 15, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM6 · 11 deaths · 196 km
• December 23, 1690, Ancona, ItalyM5.6 · 10 deaths · 192 km
• October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.4 · 9 deaths · 181 km
• December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.4 · 8 deaths · $4.2 billion · 1,500 houses destroyed · 116 km
• April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 7 deaths · 126 km
• September 11, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM5.5 · 5 deaths · 197 km
• August 16, 1916, Rimini, ItalyM6 · 4 deaths · 184 km

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