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M6.2 earthquake 4 km ENE of Baška Voda, Croatia
Thursday, January 11, 1962, 05:05:03 UTC · 43.369°N, 17.006°E
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Baška Voda, Croatia on Thursday, January 11, 1962, 05:05:03 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.6 on July 23, 1930.
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- VII
- Very strong (ShakeMap)
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeColoured lines: estimated shaking intensity (USGS ShakeMap)
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
33 kilotons of TNT
That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 70 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
471 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
15 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.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 57 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.63 km SSW of Bisaccia Nuova, ItalyJuly 23, 1930 · 299 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 232 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 300 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 22 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.2CroatiaJanuary 7, 1962 · 14 km S of this epicenter
- 6.1Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarch 15, 1923 · 48 km E of this epicenter
- 6.011 km NW of Bileća, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFebruary 14, 1927 · 117 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.028 km NNE of Montignano-Marzocca, ItalyOctober 30, 1930 · 289 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 38 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 8,829 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1731M6.3
Foggia
20 Mar 1731 · 242 km away · intensity X
3,600 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1732
Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino
29 Nov 1732 · 297 km away · intensity X
1,940 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1930M6.5
Irpinia
23 Jul 1930 · 285 km away · intensity X
1,430 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1706
Sulmona To Campobasso, Abruzzi
3 Nov 1706 · 279 km away · intensity X
1,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1851
Melfi, Rapolla, Barile, Rionero, Mt Vulture
14 Aug 1851 · 285 km away · intensity XI
671 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 255 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.