The earthquake, which measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale (equivalent to 6.9 on the Richter scale), occurred on July 26, 1963, at 04:17 UTC (5:17 am local time) in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Republic of Macedonia).
Potres koji je na ljestvici magnitude momenta mjerio 6,1 (ekvivalentno 6,9 na Richterovoj skali) zbio se 26. srpnja 1963. u 4.17 sati prema UTC (5.17 prema tamošnjem vremenskom pojasu) u Skoplju, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija, tada dijelu SFR Jugoslavije (danas ]).