M4.2 earthquake 7 km SSE of Ulcinj, Montenegro
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Ulcinj, Montenegro on Fri, Aug 17, 1979, 6:30 AM GMT+1 (05:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-08-17 05:30:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.869° N, 19.271° E
- Region
- Montenegro
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.322 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 17197 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.99 km WSW of Budva, Montenegro · 17196 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.331 km SW of Budva, Montenegro · 17189 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.920 km SW of Bar, Montenegro · 17174 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.618 km SSW of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 17169 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.210 km ENE of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 17168 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.113 km S of Herceg Novi, Montenegro · 17211 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.114 km S of Herceg Novi, Montenegro · 17215 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Sutomore, Montenegro · 17218 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.717 km W of Shëngjin, Albania · 17226 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.68 km SW of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 17232 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012fv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.