Significant earthquakes of 1893

April 8, 1893 Earthquake: Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia

April 8, 1893 · 3 deaths

An earthquake struck Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia on April 8, 1893 at 13:00 UTC. It killed 3 people.

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The earthquake

Date
April 8, 1893
Time
13:00 UTC
Place
Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia
Intensity
10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
44.200° N, 21.200° E
Country
Serbia

The toll

Deaths
3
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Houses destroyed
Many (101 to 1,000)

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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Reference #1099 lists earthquake on April 8, 1893, 13:00 UTC, 44.2 N, 21.2 E, intensity IX. A largely extended earthquake, felt over NE Yugoslavia, Hungary, SW Rumania,

Bucuregti, Ploesti, Oltenita, W. Bulgaria (ZmaX = VI-VI1 at Belogradchik), two victims at Popovic. At Svilajnac new springs originated, many houses rended uninhabitable, Sedlare, at Subotica the mill damaged, one victim, at Vel. Popovic many houses collapsed, no house undamaged, at Rudnik

all tiles fell down, at Cuprija the railway station was seriously fissured, VII at Pozarevac, 300 m long crack in the ground of an island in the Morava river, etc.

Reference #1093 lists destructive earthquake on April 8, 1893, intensity IX 1/2 - X at Popovitch. Two dead. Other localities reached: Gradist, on the Danube, Pochare-vac and Svilajnac on the right bank of Morava, and Belgrade.

Reference #1055 lists earthquake on April 8, 1893, in Serbia, Belgrade, Morava Valley, intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur.

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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 7884.