February 11, 1699 Earthquake: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Date

February 11, 1699

Place

Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Magnitude

5

Focal depth

6 km (4 mi)

Intensity

VIII, severe shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

45.600° N, 15.300° E

Country

Slovenia

Region

Southern Europe

Deaths

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

1. #1194 Ribaric, Vladimir (1982). Seismicity of Slovenia, Catalog of Earthquakes (792 A.D.-1981), Seismological Survey of the SR of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 649 p. plus maps. [On shelf; various p. in pdf.]

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• August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy3,000 deaths · 157 km
• May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, ItalyM6.5 · 978 deaths · $3.6 billion · 178 km
• December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria20 deaths · 160 km
• January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina19 deaths · 197 km
• March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.5 · 15 deaths · 159 km
• October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6 · 14 deaths · $50 million · 175 km
• September 15, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM6 · 11 deaths · 180 km
• October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.4 · 9 deaths · 168 km
• December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.4 · 8 deaths · $4.2 billion · 1,500 houses destroyed · 77 km
• April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 7 deaths · 83 km
• September 11, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM5.5 · 5 deaths · 182 km
• March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $1.8 billion · 6,305 houses destroyed · 62 km
• April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, AustriaM5.7 · 1 death · 146 km
• July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, SloveniaM5.2 · 1 death · 150 km

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