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M5.9 earthquake 7 km NE of Novi Vinodolski, Croatia
Sunday, March 12, 1916, 03:24:00 UTC · 45.169°N, 14.870°E
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 7 km NE of Novi Vinodolski, Croatia on Sunday, March 12, 1916, 03:24:00 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.0 on October 8, 1909.
- Magnitude
- 5.9
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
11 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 22 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
706 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and African plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 8 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.07 km ESE of Pokupsko, CroatiaOctober 8, 1909 · 101 km E of this epicenter
- 5.84 km WNW of Sunja, CroatiaJanuary 2, 1906 · 131 km E of this epicenter
- 5.51 km WNW of Forlì, ItalyFebruary 19, 1911 · 248 km SW of this epicenter
- 5.31 km NNE of Chiusaforte, ItalyJuly 10, 1908 · 184 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.32 km SW of Baricella, ItalyJanuary 13, 1909 · 271 km W of this epicenter
- 5.31 km NNE of Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, ItalyMarch 20, 1911 · 253 km SW of this epicenter
- 5.23 km SSE of Trilj, CroatiaMay 18, 1907 · 231 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.21 km SSE of Frisanco, ItalyJuly 10, 1908 · 201 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 32 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 787 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1789
Citta Di Castello,Sansepolcro
30 Sep 1789 · 282 km away · intensity X
500 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1768
Santa Sofia
19 Oct 1768 · 262 km away · intensity X
120 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1859
Italy
22 Aug 1859 · 299 km away · intensity XI
100 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1873
Bellunese
29 Jun 1873 · 223 km away · intensity X
55 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1895M6.1
Slovenia: Ljubljana
14 Apr 1895 · 107 km away · intensity IX
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1916M6.0
Rimini
16 Aug 1916 · 194 km away · intensity IX
4 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.