July 2, 1898 Earthquake: Caparice,grab,kusute, Croatia, Balkans NW
An earthquake struck Caparice,grab,kusute, Croatia, Balkans NW on July 2, 1898 at 04:20:00 UTC.
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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
- July 2, 1898
- Time
- 04:20:00 UTC
- Place
- Caparice,grab,kusute, Croatia, Balkans NW
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.600° N, 16.700° E
- Country
- Croatia
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 13, 1984, Dubrovnik, Ljubinje, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- November 27, 1990, Titograd, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- December 29, 1942, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 23, 1496, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 15, 1923, Podgora, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 25, 1986, Strmica, Knin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 7, 1970, Knin, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 7, 1418, Vrana, Croatia, 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 2541.