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Magnitude2.8

Reported by EMSC17d ago

M2.8 earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina

Thursday, September 10, 2026, 12:15:35 UTC · 43.978°N, 18.212°E

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Bosnia And Herzegovina on Thursday, September 10, 2026, 12:15:35 UTC, at a depth of 5.2 km (shallow).

Magnitude
2.8
Minor · m
Depth
5 km
Shallow
Reported by
EMSC
Agency EMSC
Nearest tracker
21 km
from Sarajevo

Outlined circle: this earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area

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

532 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and African 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 list 2 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km since this event; the largest was M2.8 on September 27, 2026. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

M31h6h1d3d7d14dMainshock M2.8
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 2.8Bosnia And Herzegovina12h ago · 43 km SE of this epicenter
  2. 2.7Bosnia And Herzegovina2d ago · 38 km SE of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 143 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 224 km S of this epicenter
  2. 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 226 km S of this epicenter
  3. 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 223 km NW of this epicenter
  4. 6.415 km WSW of Mamurras, AlbaniaNovember 26, 2019 · 294 km S of this epicenter
  5. 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 118 km SW of this epicenter
  6. 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 197 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 285 km SE of this epicenter
  8. 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 97 km SW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 58 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 376 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1979M6.9

    Montenegro

    15 Apr 1979 · 224 km away · intensity IX

    131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami

  2. 1905M6.6

    Shkoder

    1 Jun 1905 · 237 km away · intensity X

    120 deaths$24 million damage

  3. 2019M6.4

    Durres, Thumane, Tirana

    26 Nov 2019 · 294 km away

    51 deaths$1.1 billion damage

  4. 1943

    Bosnia-Herzegovina

    29 Jan 1943 · 103 km away

    19 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)

  5. 1969M6.0

    Bosnia-Herzegovina: Banja Luka

    26 Oct 1969 · 126 km away · intensity VIII

    14 deaths$50 million damage

  6. 1969M6.4

    Bosnia-Herzegovina: Kakasi, Jablan

    27 Oct 1969 · 130 km away · intensity IX

    9 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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