Montenegro earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 12 km WSW of Bar, Montenegro

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Bar, Montenegro on Thu, Apr 19, 1979, 6:42 AM GMT+1 (05:42 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 8 km WSW of Budva, Montenegro. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Apr 19, 1979, 6:42 AM GMT+1
UTC: 1979-04-19 05:42:50 UTC
Depth: 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 42.044° N, 18.969° E
Region: Montenegro
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.17	Mw, moment	ISCGEMSUP	Final · ±0.2

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used: 109

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000104x (also filed as iscgemsup666846). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC.