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List Of Earthquakes In Croatia
This incomplete list of earthquakes in Croatia includes major earthquakes with epicenters within the country's current borders, as well as earthquakes that had a significant impact within Croatia. There was no systematic gathering of earthquake data in Croatia before the 19th century. The magnitudes and epicenters of earlier earthquakes cannot be reliably determined, although some estimates exist. Following the 1963 Skopje earthquake, SFR Yugoslavia, of which SR Croatia was a part of, implemented its first Code for Construction in Seismic Regions in 1964. Earthquakes See also * List of earthquakes in Italy * List of earthquakes in Slovenia * List of earthquakes in Balkan ** List of earthquakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina ** List of earthquakes in Albania References Bibliography * * * * * * External links * {{Europe topic, List of earthquakes in Earthquakes in Croatia, * Lists of earthquakes by country, Croatia Lists of events in Croatia, Earthquakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Skopje Earthquake
The 1963 Skopje earthquake ( mk, Скопски земјотрес од 1963 година, Skopski zemjotres od 1963 godina) was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia), then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed. Facts The earthquake, which measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale, occurred on July 26, 1963, at 04:17 UTC (5:17 am Time zone, local time) in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia). The tremor lasted for 20 seconds and was felt mostly along the Vardar River, Vardar River Valley. There were also smaller aftershocks until 5:43. Aftermath Following the earthquake, Josip Broz Tito, president of SFR Yugoslavia, sent a message of condolences to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilj
Trilj (, it, Treglia, la, Pons Tiluri) is a municipality and town in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located northeast of Split. Population The total population of the municipality is 9,109, with 2,076 in Trilj itself and the rest in small villages. The list of settlements is as follows: * Bisko, population 395 * Budimir, population 106 * Čačvina, population 93 * Čaporice, population 389 * Gardun, population 83 * Grab, population 546 * Jabuka, population 306 * Kamensko, population 107 * Košute, population 1,740 * Krivodol, population 2 * Ljut, population 5 * , population 139 * Podi, population 13 * Rože, population 32 * Strizirep, population 31 * Strmendolac, population 181 * Tijarica, population 374 * Trilj, population 2,076 * Ugljane, population 398 * Vedrine, population 851 * Velić, population 288 * Vinine, population 24 * Vojnić Sinjski, population 577 * Voštane, population 42 * Vrabač, population 218 * Vrpolje, population 93 History In the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Makarska Earthquakes
The 1962 Makarska earthquakes occurred on January 7 to January 11 near the towns of Podgora and Makarska in Dalmatia, Croatia (at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia). The event is what is known as a doublet earthquake where there are two or more mainshocks occurring in a short span of time. The two earthquake measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale. The first tremor was assigned VIII (''Severe''), and the second event IX (''Violent'') on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquakes killed a total of 6 people, and caused damage to vulnerable structures. A tsunami may have been triggered by the quakes according to nearby tide gauges. Geological location Dalmatia, the southern part of Croatia, is located in a tectonic thrust zone in the Adriatic basin with the African and Eurasian plates colliding within it. However, some believe that the entirety of the Adriatic lies in a separate micro-plate known as the Apulia-Adriatic micro-plate that moves northeast into the Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization's work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879. The USGS is a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior; it is that department's sole scientific agency. The USGS employs approximately 8,670 people and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The USGS also has major offices near Lakewood, Colorado, at the Denver Federal Center, and Menlo Park, California. The current motto of the USGS, in use since August 1997, is "science for a changing world". The agency's previous slogan, adopted on the occasion of its hundredt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgora, Split-Dalmatia County
Podgora () is a small town in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, 65 km south of Split and 135 km north of Dubrovnik. The town has a population of 1,268 (2011) while the municipality of Podgora (which includes several smaller towns) has a population of 2,518 (2011). Podgora has a largely tourism-based economy. With its five hotels, it has four times as many beds as inhabitants. History In pashaluk censuses in 1624 and 1690, 80 and 125 houses respectively were recorded. An 1828 '' status animarum'' recorded 955 inhabitants living in 194 family households. Podgora is the birthplace of Don Mihovil Pavlinović, a priest, politician and writer, best known as the first person to speak Croatian in the Dalmatian parliament, seeking the unification of Dalmatia and Croatia. Organized tourism started in Podgora in 1922, when the first hotel "Praha" was built. During World War II, on September 10, 1942, the Yugoslav Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vis (island)
Vis (; ; la, Issa, it, Lissa) is a small Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, and the Austrian Empire. During the 19th century, the sea to the north of Vis was the site of two naval battles. In 1920, the island was ceded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as part of the Treaty of Rapallo. During World War II, the island was the headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisan movement. After the war, Vis was used as a naval base for the Yugoslav People's Army until 1989. The island's main industries are viticulture, fishing, fish processing, and tourism. Geography The farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland, Vis had a population of 3,617 in 2011. Vis has an area of . Its highest point is Hum, which is above sea level. The island's two largest settlements are the town of Vis on the island's ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imotski
Imotski (; it, Imoschi; lat, Emotha, later ''Imota'') is a small town on the northern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Imotski, like the surrounding inland Dalmatia, has a generally mild Mediterranean climate which makes it a popular tourist destination. Geography The town is located close to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 km away from Posušje and 18 km from Grude. It is located 29 km away from the coast (Baška Voda). The nearest coastal town is Makarska, on the other side of the Biokovo massif. The town is located on the crossroad of D60 and D76 state roads and 20 km from the Sveti Ilija Tunnel. The A1 motorway is accessed at the Zagvozd Interchange, next to the D76 expressway. Imotski is known for its medieval fortress on the rocks of Blue Lake. Another phenomenon is the Red Lake which looks like an eye in the scenery. Both lakes are said to be connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilogora
Bilogora (Bilo-gora, or ''Bilogorje'', ''Bilo-gorje'') is a low mountainous range in Central Croatia. It consists of a series of hills and small plains some 80 kilometres in length stretching in the direction northwest-southeast, along the southwest part of the Podravina region. The highest peak is called Rajčevica (309 m), located in the north of the mountain. The area lends its name to the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, one of the 21 counties of Croatia with its seat in the nearby town of Bjelovar. The mountain is also located in the Koprivnica-Križevci County as well as the Virovitica-Podravina County. Bilogora is geographically located between the rivers of Drava and Sava and is the source of smaller rivers Česma, Glogovnica and Ilova. Bilogora is considered to be the lowest mountainous region in Croatia, but is also the largest in terms of area. It serves as a drainage divide separating the drainage basins of the Sava and Drava rivers. The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelsa, Croatia
Jelsa is a town in Croatia, on the island of Hvar, the seat of the eponymous municipality (''općina'') within the county of Split-Dalmatia. Municipality The municipality of Jelsa covers an area of 121.2 km2 from the north coast to the south coast of Hvar. At the 2011 census, the total population of Jelsa municipality was 3,656, in the following settlements: * the town of Jelsa - 1,801 * Gdinj, 133 * Gromin Dolac, 3 * Humac, 0 * Ivan Dolac, 39 * Pitve, 69 * Poljica, 59 * Svirče, 407 * Vrboska, 548 * Vrisnik, 190 * Zastražišće, 177 * Zavala, 156 Hamlets include: Prapatna, Pokrivenik, Vela and Mala Stiniva. (Ref2009 Jelsa Općina website Geography The town of Jelsa is situated in a bay on the middle of the north coast of the island of Hvar. To the south of the town are dense pine woods on the sloping hills of the island's ridge. Jelsa is the only place on the island with an abundance of fresh water, as a result of which there is more luxuriant vegetation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knin
Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as the capital of both the medieval Kingdom of Croatia and, briefly, of the unrecognized self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina for the duration of Croatian War of Independence from 1991 to 1995. Etymology The name is likely derived from the Illyrian ''Ninia''. According to an alternative explanation, offered by Franz Miklosich and Petar Skok, the name - derived from a Slavic root ''*tьn-'' ("to cut", "to chop") - has a meaning of "cleared forest". The medieval names of Knin include hu, Tinin; it, Tenin; la, Tinum. The Latin name is still used as a titular episcopal see, the Diocese of Tinum. History Ancient The area consisting of today's Knin, or more specifically, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohorovičić Discontinuity
The Mohorovičić discontinuity ( , ), usually referred to as the Moho discontinuity or the Moho, is the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle. It is defined by the distinct change in velocity of seismic waves as they pass through changing densities of rock. The Moho lies almost entirely within the lithosphere (the hard outer layer of the Earth, including the crust). Only beneath mid-ocean ridges does it define the lithosphere– asthenosphere boundary (the depth at which the mantle becomes significantly ductile). The Mohorovičić discontinuity is below the ocean floor, and beneath typical continental crusts, with an average of . Named after the pioneering Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić, the Moho separates both the oceanic crust and continental crust from the underlying mantle. The Mohorovičić discontinuity was first identified in 1909 by Mohorovičić, when he observed that seismograms from shallow-focus earthquakes had two sets of P-waves and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrija Mohorovičić
Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. Early years Mohorovičić was born in Volosko, Opatija, where his father (also named Andrija), was a blacksmith, making anchors. The younger Andrija also loved the sea and married a captain's daughter, Silvija Vernić. They had four sons. Mohorovičić obtained his elementary education in his home town, then continued at the gymnasium of neighbouring Rijeka. He received his higher education in mathematics and physics at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague in 1875, where one of his professors was Ernst Mach. At 15, Mohorovičić knew Italian, English and French. Later he learned German, Latin and Ancient Greek. Career in education He taught first at high school in Zagreb (1879–1880), then at secondary school in Osijek. From 1882, he taught for nine years at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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