Reported by EMSC2d ago
M2.1 earthquake in Croatia
Friday, September 25, 2026, 08:06:04 UTC · 45.174°N, 14.805°E
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Croatia on Friday, September 25, 2026, 08:06:04 UTC, at a depth of 0.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.1
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 0 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency CSS
- Nearest tracker
- 101 km
- from Ljubljana
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
21 kg of TNT
That is about 1/706,872 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 22,387 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
708 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
0 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 160 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.65 km ESE of Preci, ItalyOctober 30, 2016 · 291 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 177 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 117 km E of this epicenter
- 6.21 km NNW of Vicchio, ItalyJune 29, 1919 · 298 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 266 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 269 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.2CroatiaJanuary 7, 1962 · 278 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.11 km WNW of Lestans, ItalyJune 17, 1976 · 187 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 98 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 41,912 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1703
Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia
14 Jan 1703 · 299 km away · intensity XI
40,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1976M6.5
Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw
6 May 1976 · 177 km away · intensity X
978 deaths$3.6 billion damage
- 1789
Citta Di Castello,Sansepolcro
30 Sep 1789 · 278 km away · intensity X
500 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1768
Santa Sofia
19 Oct 1768 · 258 km away · intensity X
120 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1859
Italy
22 Aug 1859 · 297 km away · intensity XI
100 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1873
Bellunese
29 Jun 1873 · 219 km away · intensity X
55 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.