1983 Kopaonik Earthquake
The 1983 Kopaonik earthquake occurred on September 10 at 06:14 UTC with a body wave magnitude of 5.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was in the Kopaonik mountains of Serbia. It affected seven villages, leaving 200 homeless, and damaged 1,200 buildings and dwellings.
Kopaonik was hit five times by earthquakes of intensity VII to VIII between 1978 and 1985.
See also
References
- ^ NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ "Earthquake in Serbia". The New York Times. Associated Press. 13 September 1983.
- ^ Roux, Michel (1992). Les Albanais en Yougoslavie: Minorité nationale, territoire et développement (in French). Les Editions de la MSH. p. 93. ISBN 9782735104543.
Further reading
- Trifunac, M.D.; Ivanović, S.S. (December 2003), "Re-occurrence of site-specific response in former Yugoslavia—part II: Friuli, Banja Luka and Kopaonik", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 23 (8): 663–681, Bibcode:2003SDEE...23..663T, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2003.07.002