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Magnitude2.7

Reported by EMSC2d ago

M2.7 earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina

Thursday, September 24, 2026, 21:25:08 UTC · 43.811°N, 18.625°E

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Bosnia And Herzegovina on Thursday, September 24, 2026, 21:25:08 UTC, at a depth of 7.7 km (shallow).

Magnitude
2.7
Minor · m
Depth
8 km
Shallow
Reported by
EMSC
Agency EMSC
Nearest tracker
18 km
from Sarajevo

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

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

516 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

8 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 1 M2.5+ earthquake 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.

M31h6h1d3dMainshock M2.7
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 · 6 km SE of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 153 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 · 196 km S of this epicenter
  2. 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 198 km S of this epicenter
  3. 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 259 km NW of this epicenter
  4. 6.415 km WSW of Mamurras, AlbaniaNovember 26, 2019 · 266 km S of this epicenter
  5. 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 139 km W of this epicenter
  6. 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 173 km S of this epicenter
  7. 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 253 km SE of this epicenter
  8. 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 118 km W of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 60 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,507 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1963M6.0

    Macedonia: Skopje

    26 Jul 1963 · 289 km away · intensity X

    1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage

  2. 1979M6.9

    Montenegro

    15 Apr 1979 · 196 km away · intensity IX

    131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami

  3. 1905M6.6

    Shkoder

    1 Jun 1905 · 206 km away · intensity X

    120 deaths$24 million damage

  4. 2019M6.4

    Durres, Thumane, Tirana

    26 Nov 2019 · 266 km away

    51 deaths$1.1 billion damage

  5. 1942M6.0

    Peshkopia, Magellare

    27 Aug 1942 · 276 km away · intensity X

    43 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1943

    Bosnia-Herzegovina

    29 Jan 1943 · 141 km away

    19 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)

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

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