January 15, 1858 Earthquake: Zilina, Slovakia
An earthquake struck Zilina, Slovakia on January 15, 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
- January 15, 1858
- Place
- Zilina, Slovakia
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 49.200° N, 18.800° E
- Country
- Slovakia
The toll
- Damage
- $50,000
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.
- June 28, 1763, Komarom, Gyor, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
- June 5, 1443, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
- April 23, 2022, Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, Poland
- May 5, 2018, Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, Poland
- July 1, 2019, Katowice, Poland
- November 22, 2008, Karvina, Czech Republic
- January 12, 1956, Hungary
- January 22, 2019, Rydultowy, Poland
- July 11, 2024, Rybnik, Poland
- January 10, 2004, Slovensko L'Upca, Slovakia
- December 31, 2006, Budapest, Hungary
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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 2017.