October 1823 Earthquake: Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW

Date

October 1823

Place

Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.700° N, 18.200° E

Country

Croatia

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

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.

• April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NWM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · 14 km
• April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NWM6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 107 km
• June 1, 1905, Shkoder, AlbaniaM6.6 · 120 deaths · $23.8 million · 133 km
• November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, AlbaniaM6.4 · 51 deaths · $1.1 billion · 11,000 houses destroyed · 172 km
• January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.9 · 4 deaths · 112 km
• April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.7 · 1 death · 42 km
• May 13, 1984, Dubrovnik, Ljubinje, Croatia, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.1 · 1 death · 48 km
• January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 1 death · 2,290 houses destroyed · 112 km
• November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $38.6 million · 112 km
• 1451, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km
• 1471, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km
• February 15, 1482, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km
• December 7, 1504, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km
• May 6, 1516, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km
• July 28, 1516, Croatia, Balkans NW14 km

Significant earthquakes of 1823The 1800sRecent earthquakes near here

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 1680.