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M3.6 earthquake 6 km E of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, June 18, 1979, 16:28:00 UTC · 42.872°N, 18.509°E
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km E of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday, June 18, 1979, 16:28:00 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.6
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 10 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 earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
4 tons of TNT
That is about 1/3,975 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 126 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
412 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
10 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 50 km
USGS lists 4 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M4.3 on July 4, 1979. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 128 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 104 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 236 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 106 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ENE of Baška Voda, CroatiaJanuary 11, 1962 · 134 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.28 km WSW of Budva, MontenegroMay 24, 1979 · 71 km S of this epicenter
- 6.24 km ESE of Rrëshen, AlbaniaAugust 4, 1905 · 171 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.22 km SE of Grabovci, CroatiaDecember 29, 1942 · 124 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.2CroatiaJanuary 7, 1962 · 128 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 58 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7,650 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1731M6.3
Foggia
20 Mar 1731 · 291 km away · intensity X
3,600 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 282 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 244 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 282 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1979M6.9
Montenegro
15 Apr 1979 · 104 km away · intensity IX
131 deaths$2.7 billion damagetsunami
- 1905M6.6
Shkoder
1 Jun 1905 · 124 km away · intensity X
120 deaths$24 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.