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Magnitude5.2

Reviewed by USGSBosnia and Herzegovina120y ago

M5.2 earthquake 9 km SSE of Bijela, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tuesday, June 25, 1907, 00:32:26 UTC · 43.538°N, 18.007°E

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Bijela, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, June 25, 1907, 00:32:26 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.2 on May 18, 1907.

Magnitude
5.2
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
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

801 tons of TNT

That is about 1/19 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

483 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

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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 7 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 190 km SE of this epicenter
  2. 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 254 km SE of this epicenter
  3. 5.9Montenegro-Albania border regionJune 3, 1905 · 194 km SE of this epicenter
  4. 5.84 km WNW of Sunja, CroatiaJanuary 2, 1906 · 237 km NW of this epicenter
  5. 5.67 km NE of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 183 km SE of this epicenter
  6. 5.34 km NE of Lezhë, AlbaniaAugust 12, 1905 · 236 km SE of this epicenter
  7. 5.23 km SSE of Trilj, CroatiaMay 18, 1907 · 102 km W of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 17 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 123 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1905M6.6

    Shkoder

    1 Jun 1905 · 206 km away · intensity X

    120 deaths$24 million damage

  2. 1893

    Nw: Popovic

    8 Apr 1893 · 266 km away · intensity X

    3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  3. 1780

    Montenegro

    21 Sep 1780 · 142 km away · intensity X

    Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  4. 1843M6.5

    Croatia: Dubrovnik

    14 Sep 1843 · 105 km away · intensity VII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  5. 1853M5.3

    Montenegro

    11 Dec 1853 · 135 km away · intensity VII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  6. 1823

    Croatia: Dubrovnik

    Oct 1823 · 94 km away

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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