Reported by EMSC12h ago
M2.8 earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 06:34:34 UTC · 43.769°N, 18.664°E
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Bosnia And Herzegovina on Sunday, September 27, 2026, 06:34:34 UTC, at a depth of 4.9 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.8
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 5 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency EMSC
- Nearest tracker
- 22 km
- from Sarajevo
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
239 kg of TNT
That is about 1/63,000 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 1,995 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
512 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 159 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 · 191 km S of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 192 km S of this epicenter
- 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 265 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.415 km WSW of Mamurras, AlbaniaNovember 26, 2019 · 260 km S of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 141 km W of this epicenter
- 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 169 km S of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 248 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 120 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 61 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:
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 284 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1979M6.9
Montenegro
15 Apr 1979 · 191 km away · intensity IX
131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 201 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 2019M6.4
Durres, Thumane, Tirana
26 Nov 2019 · 260 km away
51 deaths$1.1 billion damage
- 1942M6.0
Peshkopia, Magellare
27 Aug 1942 · 270 km away · intensity X
43 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1943
Bosnia-Herzegovina
29 Jan 1943 · 146 km away
19 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.