M2.7 earthquake Croatia region
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in the Croatia region on Sun, Oct 6, 2002, 7:51 AM GMT+2 (05:51 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-06 05:51:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.784° N, 15.008° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km NNE of Kastav, Croatia · 8752 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Brinje, Croatia · 8748 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.17 km W of Semi?, Slovenia · 8745 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.59 km SW of ?rnomelj, Slovenia · 8734 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Vrbovsko, Croatia · 8731 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 2.016 km ENE of Banjol, Croatia · 8772 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.719 km ENE of Banjol, Croatia · 8772 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.616 km ENE of Banjol, Croatia · 8773 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.013 km NE of Banjol, Croatia · 8773 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.714 km ENE of Banjol, Croatia · 8773 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdx2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.