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M6.0 earthquake 11 km S of Čačak, Serbia
Friday, March 24, 1922, 12:22:10 UTC · 43.789°N, 20.355°E
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 11 km S of Čačak, Serbia on Friday, March 24, 1922, 12:22:10 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.0 on March 30, 1921.
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Moderate · 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
13 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 28 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
518 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian 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 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 16 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 · 209 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 230 km S of this epicenter
- 6.115 km NE of Bobov Dol, BulgariaOctober 8, 1905 · 270 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.06 km SSE of Gurgurnica, North MacedoniaMarch 30, 1921 · 230 km S of this epicenter
- 6.01 km NNW of Mislesevo, North MacedoniaDecember 18, 1920 · 290 km S of this epicenter
- 5.9Montenegro-Albania border regionJune 3, 1905 · 200 km SW of this epicenter
- 5.84 km NE of Makedonski Brod, North MacedoniaApril 30, 1905 · 261 km S of this epicenter
- 5.69 km S of Stolac, Bosnia and HerzegovinaAugust 1, 1907 · 214 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 21 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 123 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 198 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 1893
Nw: Popovic
8 Apr 1893 · 82 km away · intensity X
3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1906M6.5
Elbasan
1 Mar 1906 · 300 km away · intensity X
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1920M6.0
Elbasan, Peqin
18 Dec 1920 · 290 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1922M6.0
Serbia
24 Mar 1922 · 68 km away · intensity X
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1780
Montenegro
21 Sep 1780 · 199 km away · intensity X
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.