November 3, 1968 Earthquake: Montenegro, Balkans NW

Date

November 3, 1968

Time

04:49:00 UTC

Place

Montenegro, Balkans NW

Magnitude

5.3

Focal depth

17 km (11 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.100° N, 19.300° E

Country

Montenegro

Deaths

1

Damage

$38.6 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 · 113 km
• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 181 km
• July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM6 · 1,070 deaths · $1 billion · 165 km
• October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania400 deaths · 181 km
• April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NWM6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 8 km
• June 1, 1905, Shkoder, AlbaniaM6.6 · 120 deaths · $23.8 million · 25 km
• January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, AlbaniaM6.6 · 60 deaths · 190 km
• November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, AlbaniaM6.4 · 51 deaths · $1.1 billion · 11,000 houses destroyed · 68 km
• August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, AlbaniaM6 · 43 deaths · 101 km
• November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, AlbaniaM6 · 35 deaths · 980 houses destroyed · 179 km
• November 30, 1967, AlbaniaM6.5 · 18 deaths · $20 million · 120 km
• March 18, 1962, AlbaniaM6 · 15 deaths · 134 km
• February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM4.7 · 12 deaths · $500,000 · 186 km
• September 1, 1959, AlbaniaM6.1 · 2 deaths · 140 km
• January 13, 2024, Lushnje, AlbaniaM4.5 · 1 death · 130 km

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