Reported by EMSC2d ago
M2.7 earthquake in Montenegro
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 13:28:29 UTC · 42.678°N, 18.928°E
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Montenegro on Thursday, September 24, 2026, 13:28:29 UTC, at a depth of 1.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.7
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 1 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency EMSC
- Nearest tracker
- 39 km
- from Podgorica
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
169 kg of TNT
That is about 1/88,990 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 2,818 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
396 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
1 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 221 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 · 69 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 196 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.617 km NNW of Bilisht, AlbaniaFebruary 18, 1911 · 268 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 70 km S of this epicenter
- 6.415 km WSW of Mamurras, AlbaniaNovember 26, 2019 · 138 km S of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 174 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.211 km SSW of Maliq, AlbaniaMay 26, 1960 · 269 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 49 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 90 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 4,399 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 251 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 205 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 251 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1920M6.2
Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj
26 Nov 1920 · 290 km away · intensity XI
200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1979M6.9
Montenegro
15 Apr 1979 · 69 km away · intensity IX
131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 85 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.