Montenegro earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 4 km WNW of Budva, Montenegro

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Budva, Montenegro on Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 2:01 AM GMT+2 (00:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km ENE of Koplik, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-09-05 00:01:16 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.307° N, 18.790° E
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

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Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.46 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8788 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.89 km SE of Koplik, Albania · 8783 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.310 km ENE of Koplik, Albania · 8770 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.17 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8770 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.913 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8766 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.76 km S of Cetinje, Montenegro · 8765 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.014 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8762 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.55 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8756 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.916 km SW of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8752 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.79 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8747 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.124 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8745 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.610 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8743 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.210 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 8740 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.79 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8739 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.710 km E of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8737 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.716 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8735 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.116 km NE of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8730 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.112 km NE of Shëngjin, Albania · 8790 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.99 km NNE of Petrovac na Moru, Montenegro · 8791 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.710 km NNE of Petrovac na Moru, Montenegro · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.213 km W of Milot, Albania · 8793 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.54 km E of Podgorica, Montenegro · 8793 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.313 km SE of Plužine, Montenegro · 8796 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.913 km ESE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8799 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.910 km S of Gori?ani, Montenegro · 8804 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.914 km SE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8804 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.112 km ENE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8804 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.713 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8804 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.98 km ESE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8804 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.912 km S of Vukatanë, Albania · 8807 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.74 km NNW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8808 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.85 km W of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8809 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb8z. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.