Reported by EMSC28d ago
M2.8 earthquake in Romania
Saturday, August 29, 2026, 20:23:31 UTC · 45.932°N, 20.614°E
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Romania on Saturday, August 29, 2026, 20:23:31 UTC, at a depth of 15.4 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.8
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency EMSC
- Nearest tracker
- 128 km
- from Belgrade
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
239 kg of TNT
That is about 1/63,000 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 1,995 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
715 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 44 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.14 km ENE of Trn, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOctober 27, 1969 · 286 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.15 km WSW of Jezero, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOctober 26, 1969 · 284 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.08 km WNW of Kragujevac, SerbiaMay 15, 1927 · 210 km S of this epicenter
- 6.011 km S of Čačak, SerbiaMarch 24, 1922 · 239 km S of this epicenter
- 5.97 km ESE of Legrad, CroatiaMarch 27, 1938 · 285 km W of this epicenter
- 5.818 km E of Raška, SerbiaMay 18, 1980 · 294 km S of this epicenter
- 5.83 km W of Ecser, HungaryJanuary 12, 1956 · 196 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.86 km NW of Fábiánsebestyén, HungaryJuly 8, 1911 · 89 km N of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 27 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 123 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1763M6.2
Gyor; Czechoslovakia: Komarom
28 Jun 1763 · 269 km away · intensity IX
83 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1969M6.0
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Banja Luka
26 Oct 1969 · 283 km away · intensity VIII
14 deaths$50 million damage
- 1969M6.4
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Kakasi, Jablan
27 Oct 1969 · 290 km away · intensity IX
9 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 2015M3.7
Bosnia-Herzegovina:
21 Feb 2015 · 207 km away
4 deaths
- 1964M6.0
Croatia
13 Apr 1964 · 208 km away · intensity VIII
3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1893
Nw: Popovic
8 Apr 1893 · 198 km away · intensity X
3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.