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Ljubljana earthquake


Coordinates: 46°06′N 14°30′E / 46.1°N 14.5°E / 46.1; 14.5

The 1895 Ljubljana earthquake (Slovene: ljubljanski potres) or the Easter earthquake (Slovene: velikonočni potres) struck Ljubljana (the capital and largest city of Carniola, a Crown land of Austria-Hungary and the capital of Slovenia) on Easter Sunday, 14 April. It was the most destructive and the last destructive earthquake in the area.

With a Richter magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII–IX, the earthquake struck at 20:17 UTC (22:17 local time). The earthquake's epicentre was located in Janče, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) to the east of the Ljubljana downtown. The focus was 16 kilometres (10 mi) deep. The shock was felt in a circle with a radius of 350 kilometres (220 mi) and an area of 385,000 square kilometres (149,000 sq mi), reaching as far away as Assisi, Florence, Vienna, and Split. More than 100 aftershocks followed in the next ten days.


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