October 13, 1775 Earthquake: Bedekovcina, Croatia, Balkans NW
An earthquake struck Bedekovcina, Croatia, Balkans NW on October 13, 1775 at 10:00 UTC.
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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
- October 13, 1775
- Time
- 10:00 UTC
- Place
- Bedekovcina, Croatia, Balkans NW
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.000° N, 15.900° E
- Country
- Croatia
The toll
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 25, 1348, Celovac, Veneto, Slovenia, Villach, Italy, Austria
- August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy
- December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria
- March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1964, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, Austria
- July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
- November 9, 1880, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 29, 1917, Brezice, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- March 26, 1502, Croatia, Balkans NW
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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 1423.