Earthquake — Balkans Nw: Macedonia: Skopje

When

26 Jul 1963

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.0

Where

North Macedonia

Coordinates

42.10° N, 21.30° E

Deaths

1070

Injuries

3300

Damage musd

1000

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

5

Earthquake in SR Macedonia

The 1963 Skopje earthquake occurred in present-day North Macedonia. The 6.1 moment magnitude shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme) and resulted in more than 1,000 deaths and between 3,000 and 4,000 injuries. More than 200,000 people were left homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6 fait à Skopje en Yougoslavie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сильным землетрясением разрушен город Скопье в Югославии, погибло более 2000 жителей”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,1 sacude la República Socialista de Macedonia dejando más de 1000 muertos y 4000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page