June 17, 1628 Earthquake: Krisko,brestanica, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Date

June 17, 1628

Time

18:00 UTC

Place

Krisko,brestanica, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Magnitude

5

Focal depth

6 km (4 mi)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

46.000° N, 15.500° E

Country

Slovenia

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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 · 160 km
• August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy3,000 deaths · 162 km
• May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, ItalyM6.5 · 978 deaths · $3.6 billion · 176 km
• December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria20 deaths · 147 km
• March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.5 · 15 deaths · 161 km
• October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6 · 14 deaths · $50 million · 186 km
• September 15, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM6 · 11 deaths · 181 km
• October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.4 · 9 deaths · 180 km
• December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.4 · 8 deaths · $4.2 billion · 1,500 houses destroyed · 87 km
• April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 7 deaths · 78 km
• September 11, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM5.5 · 5 deaths · 183 km
• March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $1.8 billion · 6,305 houses destroyed · 38 km
• April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, AustriaM5.7 · 1 death · 145 km
• July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, SloveniaM5.2 · 1 death · 147 km
• 1640, Slovenia, Balkans NW11 km

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