September 15, 1608 Earthquake: Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia

Date

September 15, 1608

Place

Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.400° N, 18.500° E

Country

North Macedonia

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.

• April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NWM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · 40 km
• April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NWM6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 67 km
• June 1, 1905, Shkoder, AlbaniaM6.6 · 120 deaths · $23.8 million · 96 km
• November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, AlbaniaM6.4 · 51 deaths · $1.1 billion · 11,000 houses destroyed · 131 km
• August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, AlbaniaM6 · 43 deaths · 175 km
• November 30, 1967, AlbaniaM6.5 · 18 deaths · $20 million · 193 km
• March 18, 1962, AlbaniaM6 · 15 deaths · 186 km
• January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.9 · 4 deaths · 152 km
• September 1, 1959, AlbaniaM6.1 · 2 deaths · 199 km
• November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $38.6 million · 74 km
• April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.7 · 1 death · 79 km
• May 13, 1984, Dubrovnik, Ljubinje, Croatia, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.1 · 1 death · 89 km
• January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 1 death · 2,290 houses destroyed · 152 km
• January 13, 2024, Lushnje, AlbaniaM4.5 · 1 death · 190 km
• November 16, 1982, Bier, Berat, Lushnje, Albania, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM5.5 · 1 death · $5 million · 191 km

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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 842.