Montenegro earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 11 km NW of Žabljak, Montenegro

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Žabljak, Montenegro on Wed, Aug 22, 1990, 11:55 AM GMT+2 (09:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km ESE of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1990-08-22 09:55:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.224° N, 19.019° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Zabljak and Pluzina.

From the USGS event page for usp0004ds3. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.612 km NW of Žabljak, Montenegro · 13191 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.411 km N of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13180 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.10 km S of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 13172 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.56 km NNE of Podgora, Croatia · 13172 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.021 km WNW of Sokolovo Brdo, Serbia · 13169 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.017 km ESE of Nikši?, Montenegro · 13169 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.22 km NNW of Podgorica, Montenegro · 13148 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.115 km NE of Podgorica, Montenegro · 13147 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.19 km ESE of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13146 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.224 km N of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13145 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.55 km N of Priboj, Serbia · 13145 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.014 km NW of Žabljak, Montenegro · 13191 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.0Croatia-Bosnia-Montenegro border region · 13191 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.73 km WSW of Šavnik, Montenegro · 13196 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.512 km W of Sokolovica, Serbia · 13199 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.518 km E of Nikši?, Montenegro · 13199 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.014 km ESE of Nikši?, Montenegro · 13199 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.913 km SW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13200 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.910 km SSE of Fo?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13200 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.26 km WSW of Šavnik, Montenegro · 13200 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.92 km ESE of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13200 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.05 km SSE of Crni?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13200 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.912 km W of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13205 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.511 km WNW of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13207 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.83 km WSW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13210 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.99 km SW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13211 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.91 km SW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13212 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.813 km N of Podgora, Croatia · 13212 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.18 km N of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13212 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.18 km WSW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 13213 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.219 km WNW of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 13213 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004ds3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.