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The 1979 Montenegro earthquake occurred on 15 April at 06:19 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).It was the most devastating earthquake in SR Montenegro, then part of Yugoslavia, [7] and was mostly felt along the Montenegrin and Albanian coastline.
Outside the epicentral area, the earthquake was felt strongly in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital, Sarajevo, Montenegro's capital, Podgorica, and the Croatian region of Dalmatia. It was felt in much of southern Croatia, Montenegro, and also parts of Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Italy and northern Greece. [12] [13]
PODGORICA, Montenegro (Reuters) -A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the ...
A catastrophic earthquake struck Budva on 15 April 1979. Much of old town was devastated, but today there is little evidence of the catastrophe – almost all the buildings were restored to their original form. Montenegro became an independent country in 2006, with Budva as its primary tourist destination.
A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.
Category: Natural disasters in Montenegro. 4 languages. ... 1979 Montenegro earthquake This page was last edited on 29 January 2019, at 03:01 (UTC). ...
Yugoslavia, Bar Municipality, Montenegro: 6.9: 10.0: X The 1979 Montenegro earthquake was one of the worst in the Balkan Peninsula. 131 people died and at least 1,001 were injured. Substantial property damage was caused with costs of $2.7 billion (1979 rate). 131: 1,001 28 [42] [43] Chile, Atacama Region: 6.1