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Magnitude2.2

Reported by EMSC2d ago

M2.2 earthquake in Croatia

Friday, September 25, 2026, 04:22:51 UTC · 45.137°N, 14.813°E

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Croatia on Friday, September 25, 2026, 04:22:51 UTC, at a depth of 0.9 km (shallow).

Magnitude
2.2
Minor · ml
Depth
1 km
Shallow
Reported by
EMSC
Agency EMSC
Nearest tracker
105 km
from Ljubljana

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

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

30 kg of TNT

That is about 1/500,427 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 15,849 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

704 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 list 1 M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event; the largest was M2.1 on September 25, 2026. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.

1h6h1dMainshock M2.2
Time after the mainshock on a logarithmic scale (first hours stretched), magnitude on the vertical axis. M2.5+ events from USGS.
  1. 2.1Croatia2d ago · 4 km N of this epicenter

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 159 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 6.65 km ESE of Preci, ItalyOctober 30, 2016 · 288 km SW of this epicenter
  2. 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 181 km NW of this epicenter
  3. 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 117 km E of this epicenter
  4. 6.21 km NNW of Vicchio, ItalyJune 29, 1919 · 297 km SW of this epicenter
  5. 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 263 km SE of this epicenter
  6. 6.25 km WNW of Accumoli, ItalyAugust 24, 2016 · 298 km SW of this epicenter
  7. 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 266 km SE of this epicenter
  8. 6.2CroatiaJanuary 7, 1962 · 274 km SE of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 100 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 42,411 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1703

    Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia

    14 Jan 1703 · 296 km away · intensity XI

    40,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)

  2. 1976M6.5

    Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw

    6 May 1976 · 181 km away · intensity X

    978 deaths$3.6 billion damage

  3. 1789

    Citta Di Castello,Sansepolcro

    30 Sep 1789 · 276 km away · intensity X

    500 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  4. 2016M6.2

    Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice

    24 Aug 2016 · 298 km away · intensity IX

    299 deaths$5.0 billion damage

  5. 1730

    Norcia

    12 May 1730 · 298 km away · intensity X

    200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  6. 1768

    Santa Sofia

    19 Oct 1768 · 256 km away · intensity X

    120 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

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

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