1938 Bilogora earthquake

November 2025 1938 Bilogora earthquake Croatia 1938-03-27 11:16:26 iscgem902415 1938 03 27 12:15 (CET) 5.9 w yesM 5.9 - 7 km ESE of Legrad, Croatia https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem902415/executive United States Geological Survey August 9, 2025 NNN km mi 10 on 46.277 N 16.951 E inline,title type:event Bilogora, Podravina material damage 7 several The 1938 Bilogora earthquake occurred on March 27, 1938 on the Bilogora mountain in the Podravina region of northwestern Croatia, 7 km east-southeast of the Legrad, with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (w). Over the next month, there were another five weaker earthquakes in the area. Damages In the village of Rakitnica, 26 houses were destroyed, the same number were damaged, and only one building out of a total of 80 remained intact. The villages of Šemovci and Kegljevac suffered somewhat less, but very badly, and Hampovica, located in the middle of these places, miraculously survived best.Zvonar Ivica 2016 Osvrt na neke novinske izvještaje na potres u Podravini 1938. godine A review of some newspaper reports on the 1938 Podravina earthquake Podravina 15 29 161–167 Koprivnica hr, en https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/243034 The bell tower collapsed and a large part of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Kapela was destroyed.Vuković Tomislav https://www.glas-koncila.hr/kako-zive-vjernici-u-zelenim-bilogorskim-zaseocima/ Kako žive vjernici u zelenim bilogorskim zaseocima Glas Koncila 4 July 2017 hr The bell tower was only repaired in 2017, after numerous unsuccessful attempts.http://www.opcina-kapela.hr/index.php/vijesti/obnovljen-toranj-zhupne-crkve-sv.-marije-magdalene-u-kapeli The tower of the parish church of St. Marije Magdalene u Kapeli Obnovljen toranj župne crkve sv. Marije Magdalene u Kapeli opcina-kapela.hr Municipality of Kapela hr 13 November 2025 1 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230201221945/http://www.opcina-kapela.hr/index.php/vijesti/obnovljen-toranj-zhupne-crkve-sv.-marije-magdalene-u-kapeli dead The following were particularly damaged: Koprivnica, Virje, Kloštar Podravski, Novigrad Podravski, Koprivnički Bregi, Đurđevac, also Bjelovar and Virovitica. There were no human casualties.https://podravski.hr/podravina-je-jedna-od-najjacih-potresnih-regija-razoran-potres-moze-se-dogoditi-bilo-kada/ Podravina je jedna od najjačih potresenih regija: razoran potres može se dogoditi bilo kada Podravina is one of the most strongly shaken regions: a devastating earthquake can happen at any time podravski.hr hr 13 November 2025 28 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210328215125/https://podravski.hr/podravina-je-jedna-od-najjacih-potresnih-regija-razoran-potres-moze-se-dogoditi-bilo-kada/ dead It was felt very strongly in Zagreb, Varaždin (damaged a school building there), Virovitica and elsewhere.https://drava.info/2018/03/podravina-jak-potres-1938/ Podravina: jak potres 1938. Podravina: 1938 strong earthquake hr drava.info Posavec Marko 27 March 2018 The then Đurđevac parish priest Jakov Novosel wrote that the earthquake occurred at 12:15 p.m. and that it caused a lot of damage in Podravina, with houses destroyed, chimneys collapsed and walls cracked. The Old Town in Đurđevac was damaged, and the plaster of the then new St. George parish church fell off.hr https://podravske-sirine.com.hr/arhiva/823 Arhiva Archive podravske-sirine.com The earthquake and its consequences were also reported in newspapers at the time. References Category:Earthquakes in Croatia Category:1938 earthquakes Category:March 1938 in Europe