September 30, 1858 Earthquake: Bulgaria

Name: September 30, 1858 Earthquake: Bulgaria
Start: 1858-09-30
Location: Bulgaria

September 30, 1858

An earthquake struck Bulgaria on September 30, 1858.

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: September 30, 1858
Place: Bulgaria
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 42.800° N, 23.200° E
Country: Bulgaria

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM6 · 1,070 deaths · $1 billion · 174 km
April 14, 1928, Chirpan, BulgariaM6.8 · 127 deaths · 74,750 houses destroyed · 185 km
February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM4.7 · 12 deaths · $500,000 · 165 km
April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, SerbiaM5.7 · 1 death · $350 million · 148 km
April 23, 1818, Bulgaria8 km
May 22, 2012, Pernik, BulgariaM5.6 · 26 km
1555, Razlovci, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia33 km
1641, Bulgaria69 km
October 8, 1905, BulgariaM6.4 · 90 km
November 3, 1977, Velingrad, RomaniaM5.1 · 99 km
April 4, 1904, Struma, BulgariaM7.5 · 111 km
April 4, 1904, Struma, BulgariaM7.8 · 111 km
February 26, 1755, Serbia, Balkans NW111 km
September 4, 896, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia125 km
October 1750, Plovdiv, Bulgaria153 km

Significant earthquakes of 1858 The 1800s Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 2026.