Reported by EMSC25d ago
M2.6 earthquake in Serbia
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 19:41:21 UTC · 43.090°N, 22.830°E
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Serbia on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 19:41:21 UTC, at a depth of 4.6 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.6
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 5 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency NIGGG
- Nearest tracker
- 140 km
- from Kumanovo
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
120 kg of TNT
That is about 1/125,702 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 3,981 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
362 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
5 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 127 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.19 km S of Stara Zagora, BulgariaApril 14, 1928 · 244 km E of this epicenter
- 7.13 km W of Brezovo, BulgariaApril 18, 1928 · 199 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 152 km S of this epicenter
- 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 145 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 267 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.75 km NNE of Lyaskovets, BulgariaJune 14, 1913 · 238 km E of this epicenter
- 6.73 km SW of Kuklis, North MacedoniaMarch 8, 1931 · 190 km S of this epicenter
- 6.48 km ESE of Kolchikón, GreeceJune 20, 1978 · 263 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 52 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,458 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 167 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1928M6.8
Chirpan
14 Apr 1928 · 225 km away · intensity X
127 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 286 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 1978M6.4
Thessaloniki
20 Jun 1978 · 263 km away · intensity VIII
50 deaths$250 million damagetsunami
- 1942M6.0
Peshkopia, Magellare
27 Aug 1942 · 252 km away · intensity X
43 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1967M6.5
Albania
30 Nov 1967 · 261 km away · intensity X
18 deaths$20 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.