Earthquakes in Macedonia

Earthquakes in Macedonia – occur relatively often. From 1901 to 1996 In the region to 100 km of the borders of the Republic of Macedonia there were 27 tremors with magnitude exceeding 6 degrees according to the Richter scale of which two were magnitude more than 7. The strongest was the 1904 earthquake. In the region between Pehcevo and craved (now neighboring Bulgaria), followed by the earthquake in Valandovo in 1931. The largest number of human victims and material damages were in Skopje earthquake since 1963. Earthquakes are grouped in three regions, along the border with Albania and the valleys of Vardar and Struma. The hotspots of earthquakes are relatively shallow and usually do not exceed several tens of kilometers, making their influence on a smaller area of ​​the surface. C. Ur. Liljana Zendelska


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ЗЕМЈОТРЕСИ ВО МАКЕДОНИЈА

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