July 12, 2004 Earthquake: Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia on July 12, 2004 at 13:04:07 UTC, 8 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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 12, 2004
- Time
- 13:04:07 UTC
- Place
- Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 8 km (5 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.296° N, 13.641° E
- Country
- Slovenia
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
One person killed and 5 injured by a
rockslide in the Bovec area. Some houses destroyed and
others damaged at Kobarid. Felt in Ljubljana. Felt in
northeastern Italy as far south as Venice and southern
Austria as far northeast as Vienna. Also felt at
Zagreb, Croatia; Munich, Germany; Prague, Czech
Republic. (reference #1053)
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
- April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, Austria
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 14, 1509, Bled,slatna,begunje, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 15, 1976, Italy-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 5789.