March 15, 1923 Earthquake: Podgora, Croatia, Balkans NW

Date

March 15, 1923

Place

Podgora, Croatia, Balkans NW

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

43.200° N, 17.100° E

Country

Croatia

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NWM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · 105 km
• January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina19 deaths · 123 km
• October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6 · 14 deaths · $50 million · 190 km
• October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.4 · 9 deaths · 189 km
• January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.9 · 4 deaths · 11 km
• January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 1 death · 2,290 houses destroyed · 11 km
• May 13, 1984, Dubrovnik, Ljubinje, Croatia, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.1 · 1 death · 58 km
• April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.7 · 1 death · 89 km
• December 29, 1942, Croatia, Balkans NWM6 · 24 km
• October 20, 1479, Croatia, Balkans NW46 km
• July 2, 1898, Caparice,grab,kusute, Croatia, Balkans NWDeaths: some · 55 km
• April 29, 1850, Ston, Croatia, Balkans NW66 km
• September 5, 1996, Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NWM6 · 81 km
• November 27, 1990, Titograd, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.6 · 82 km
• January 23, 1496, Croatia, Balkans NW87 km

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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 3216.