Significant Earthquakes in Croatia
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Croatia, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Croatia with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 53
- Deaths counted
- 5,017
- Earliest
- 1280
The deadliest
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- December 29, 2020, Petrinja, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 5, 1996, Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 7, 1970, Knin, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1964, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- December 29, 1942, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 15, 1923, Podgora, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 2, 1898, Caparice,grab,kusute, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 9, 1880, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 8, 1878, Croatia, Balkans NW
- August 6, 1870, Crete, Greece, Croatia
- April 29, 1850, Ston, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 14, 1843, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- August 10, 1838, Croatia, Balkans NW
- October 1823, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- August 20, 1823, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Croatia
- October 13, 1775, Bedekovcina, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 28, 1768, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 4, 1757, Croatia, Balkans NW
- December 17, 1750, Rijeka (Fiume), Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 30, 1738, Medimurje, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 12, 1721, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 28, 1717, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1648, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 28, 1639, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1632, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 5, 1590, Nagykanizsa, Zagreb, Hungary, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 25, 1590, Senj, Croatia, Balkans NW
- August 14, 1574, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 22, 1530, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 17, 1520, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 28, 1516, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 6, 1516, Croatia, Balkans NW
- December 7, 1504, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 26, 1502, Croatia, Balkans NW
- January 23, 1496, Croatia, Balkans NW
- February 15, 1482, Croatia, Balkans NW
- October 20, 1479, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1471, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 20, 1459, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1451, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 7, 1418, Vrana, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 6, 1399, Croatia, Balkans NW
- December 5, 1390, Croatia, Balkans NW
- March 5, 1387, Croatia, Balkans NW
- June 30, 1343, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1323, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 30, 1300, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 3, 1280, Croatia, Balkans NW
- June 6, 1280, Croatia, Balkans NW
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.