December 21, 1845 Earthquake: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Date

December 21, 1845

Time

20:40:00 UTC

Place

Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW

Magnitude

4.9

Focal depth

7 km (4 mi)

Intensity

VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

46.100° N, 14.500° E

Country

Slovenia

Region

Southern Europe

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.

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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• April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 7 deaths · 0 km
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