M2.8 earthquake 9 km SE of Rožaje, Montenegro
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Rožaje, Montenegro on Thu, Apr 18, 1985, 1:04 AM GMT+2 (23:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 25 km NNE of Leposaviq, Kosovo. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-17 23:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.776° N, 20.257° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.67 km NE of Zubin Potok, Kosovo · 15133 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 15132 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.05 km NW of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 15132 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.019 km NE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15129 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Pukë, Albania · 15129 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.34 km S of Tuzi, Montenegro · 15125 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.28 km N of Koplik, Albania · 15118 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.926 km NE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15114 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.225 km NNE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15114 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.524 km NNE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15107 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.325 km E of Raška, Serbia · 15104 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.329 km NE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15093 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.119 km S of Trstenik, Serbia · 15080 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.121 km NNE of Leposaviq, Kosovo · 15077 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.513 km N of Osje?enik, Serbia · 15140 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.914 km E of Koplik, Albania · 15141 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.714 km ENE of Vukatanë, Albania · 15151 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.813 km E of Vukatanë, Albania · 15151 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Pukë, Albania · 15153 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.012 km E of Vukatanë, Albania · 15157 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dwt. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.