June 28, 1763 Earthquake: Komarom, Gyor, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Komarom, Gyor, Czechoslovakia, Hungary on June 28, 1763 at 05:28 UTC. It killed 83 people.
Map
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
- June 28, 1763
- Time
- 05:28 UTC
- Place
- Komarom, Gyor, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.700° N, 18.200° E
- Country
- Hungary
The toll
- Deaths
- 83
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1372.