Reviewed by USGSBosnia and Herzegovina120y ago
M5.2 earthquake 7 km N of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday, August 6, 1907, 15:21:28 UTC · 42.942°N, 18.439°E
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 7 km N of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, August 6, 1907, 15:21:28 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.6 on August 1, 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
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
1 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/14 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
419 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 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 11 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 · 115 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 181 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.9Montenegro-Albania border regionJune 3, 1905 · 121 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.84 km NE of Makedonski Brod, North MacedoniaApril 30, 1905 · 280 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.69 km S of Stolac, Bosnia and HerzegovinaAugust 1, 1907 · 41 km W of this epicenter
- 5.67 km NE of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 109 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.415 km NW of Bogomila, North MacedoniaApril 3, 1905 · 277 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.422 km WNW of Orikum, AlbaniaApril 4, 1905 · 294 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 24 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 · 290 km away · intensity X
3,600 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 291 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 291 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 133 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
- 1866M6.6
Narta, Vlore, Kanina
2 Jan 1866 · 296 km away · intensity X
60 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1893
Nw: Popovic
8 Apr 1893 · 263 km away · intensity X
3 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.