1963 Skopje (Macedonia) Earthquake Archive:


1963 7/26 04:17 UTC 42.10N 21.40E           M=6.1, Skopje, Macedonia


The death toll of this earthquake was over 1,000. 

Since we have very little information about this earthquake, we urge scientists and engineers who have studied this earthquake to contribute their materials for this archive.  Please contact William H. K. Lee at:
lee@usgs.gov (office), or whklee@ix.netcom.com (home).

Contributors: Charles R. Hutt, William H. K. Lee.


1.Seismograms of the 1963 Skopje (Macedonia) Earthquake:     Selected WWSSN seismograms from this earthquake were scanned as part of the USGS/ICSU Scanning Project.

link to compressed tif file directory (.gz format)

2. References:
Berg, G.V. “The Skopje, Yugoslavia Earthquake, July 26, 1963”, American Iron and Steel Institute,     New York, 78 pp. (with photos and maps).

(Last Updated: September 4, 2004)