Reported by EMSC2d ago
M2.5 earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Friday, September 25, 2026, 06:27:03 UTC · 43.480°N, 17.218°E
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Bosnia And Herzegovina on Friday, September 25, 2026, 06:27:03 UTC, at a depth of 5.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.5
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 5 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency CSS
- Nearest tracker
- 63 km
- from Split
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
480 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 have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 145 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 · 224 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 226 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 229 km N of this epicenter
- 6.415 km WSW of Mamurras, AlbaniaNovember 26, 2019 · 289 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 21 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 185 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 294 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 1 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 64 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 5,027 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1731M6.3
Foggia
20 Mar 1731 · 261 km away · intensity X
3,600 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1706
Sulmona To Campobasso, Abruzzi
3 Nov 1706 · 299 km away · intensity X
1,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1979M6.9
Montenegro
15 Apr 1979 · 224 km away · intensity IX
131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 248 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 2019M6.4
Durres, Thumane, Tirana
26 Nov 2019 · 290 km away
51 deaths$1.1 billion damage
- 2002M5.7
San Guiliano Di Puglia, Campobasso
31 Oct 2002 · 269 km away · intensity VII
30 deaths$796 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.