April 14, 1895 Earthquake: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW on April 14, 1895 at 20:17:30 UTC, 16 km below the surface. It killed 7 people.
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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
- April 14, 1895
- Time
- 20:17:30 UTC
- Place
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 16 km (10 mi)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.100° N, 14.500° E
- Country
- Slovenia
The toll
- Deaths
- 7
- 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 #1194 lists earthquake on April 14, 1895, 20:17:30 UTC, 46.1 N, 14.5 E, magnitude 6.1.
Reference #1099 lists earthquake on April 14, 1895, 22:17 UTC, 46.1 N, 14.5 E, depth 16 km, intensity IX. The most severe earthquake in Slovenija in the 19th century, 10% of all houses in Ljubljana were damaged, some public buildings were seriously injured, some houses were destroyed at Vodice, Domzale, Kosarje, Stranska Ves, cracks occurred in the ground, rockslides near Zagorje, 7 victims, the outer isoseismal crossed Wien, Split, Assisi, Firenze, Alessandria. One aftershock with intensity = VII on April 14, 23h01m.
Reference #1093 lists earthquake on April 14, 1895, intensity X-X 1/2 at Ljulbljana, damage more than 7,000,000 guilders.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 25, 1348, Celovac, Veneto, Slovenia, Villach, Italy, Austria
- August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy
- May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria
- March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 15, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, Austria
- July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- 1510, Slovenia, Balkans NW
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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 2467.