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M6.0 earthquake 11 km NW of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, February 14, 1927, 03:43:24 UTC · 42.944°N, 18.321°E
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday, February 14, 1927, 03:43:24 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.1 on March 15, 1923.
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
16 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 34 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
418 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.
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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 21 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 121 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 188 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.1Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarch 15, 1923 · 69 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.06 km SSE of Gurgurnica, North MacedoniaMarch 30, 1921 · 264 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.01 km NNW of Mislesevo, North MacedoniaDecember 18, 1920 · 276 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.011 km S of Čačak, SerbiaMarch 24, 1922 · 189 km NE of this epicenter
- 5.9Montenegro-Albania border regionJune 3, 1905 · 128 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.96 km W of Lushnjë, AlbaniaDecember 17, 1926 · 247 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 31 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 6,183 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1731M6.3
Foggia
20 Mar 1731 · 282 km away · intensity X
3,600 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 295 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 295 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 141 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 1866M6.6
Narta, Vlore, Kanina
2 Jan 1866 · 299 km away · intensity X
60 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1893
Nw: Popovic
8 Apr 1893 · 271 km away · intensity X
3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.