M2.3 earthquake Croatia region
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in the Croatia region on Sun, Jan 9, 2000, 2:58 PM GMT+1 (13:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 2 km S of Posedarje, Croatia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-01-09 13:58:43 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.920° N, 15.010° E
- Region
- Croatia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.25 km E of Novi Vinodolski, Croatia · 9760 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.05 km NNE of Semi?, Slovenia · 9746 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia · 9740 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.77 km N of Gvozd, Croatia · 9738 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.82 km E of Straža, Slovenia · 9732 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.92 km S of Posedarje, Croatia · 9725 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.60 km WSW of Posedarje, Croatia · 9725 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Lasinja, Croatia · 9723 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Njivice, Croatia · 9717 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.911 km NNW of Popova?a, Croatia · 9714 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Semi?, Slovenia · 9711 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009kym. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC.