Reported by EMSC3d ago
M2.5 earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 19:49:39 UTC · 44.583°N, 18.649°E
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Bosnia And Herzegovina on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 19:49:39 UTC, at a depth of 9.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.5
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 9 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency EMSC
- Nearest tracker
- 83 km
- from Sarajevo
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
85 kg of TNT
That is about 1/177,558 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 5,623 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
601 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
9 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 117 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 280 km S of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 281 km S of this epicenter
- 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 210 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 188 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 259 km S of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 167 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.2CroatiaJanuary 7, 1962 · 198 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.1Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarch 15, 1923 · 173 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 325 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1979M6.9
Montenegro
15 Apr 1979 · 280 km away · intensity IX
131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 287 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 1943
Bosnia-Herzegovina
29 Jan 1943 · 135 km away
19 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1969M6.0
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Banja Luka
26 Oct 1969 · 112 km away · intensity VIII
14 deaths$50 million damage
- 1969M6.4
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Kakasi, Jablan
27 Oct 1969 · 120 km away · intensity IX
9 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 2020M6.4
Croatia: Petrinja
29 Dec 2020 · 210 km away · intensity IX
8 deaths$4.2 billion damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.