June 14, 1913 Earthquake: Tirnovo, Bulgaria
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Tirnovo, Bulgaria on June 14, 1913 at 09:33:12 UTC.
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
- June 14, 1913
- Time
- 09:33:12 UTC
- Place
- Tirnovo, Bulgaria
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.500° N, 25.500° E
- Country
- Bulgaria
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #130 lists earthquake on June 14, 1913, 09:33.2 UTC, 43.5 N, 25.5 E, magnitude 6.75.
Reference #1004 lists earthquake on June 14, 1913, 09:33 UTC, 43.1 N, 25.7 E, magnitude 6.8, intensity X-XI.
Reference #1173 lists earthquake on June 14, 1913, magnitude 6.75, 500 deaths, in Tirnovo.
Reference #1093 lists earthquaek on June 14, 1913, intensity X-XI in Tirnovo.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 14, 1928, Chirpan, Bulgaria
- December 7, 1986, Veliko Turnovo-Turgovishte, Bulgaria
- November 26, 1829, Bucharest, Romania
- April 18, 1928, Popovitsa, Bulgaria
- October 1750, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- December 17, 2003, Povadiya, Bulgaria
- April 23, 1818, Bulgaria
- November 1444, Varna, Bulgaria
- November 3, 1977, Velingrad, Romania
- February 20, 2006, Greece-Bulgaria Border Region
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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 2979.