M2.5 earthquake 6 km ENE of ?iba?a, Croatia
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of ?iba?a, Croatia on Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 9:24 AM GMT+1 (08:24 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km SE of Tasov?i?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-15 08:24:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.656° N, 18.247° 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.
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.80 km W of Bar, Montenegro · 8968 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Igalo, Montenegro · 8957 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.517 km E of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8956 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Crni?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8948 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.27 km E of Podgora, Croatia · 8947 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8945 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.93 km SSE of Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8937 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.79 km SW of Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8936 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.46 km SE of Tasov?i?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8936 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Potoci, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8933 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8930 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Petrovac na Moru, Montenegro · 8930 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.49 km SSW of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8921 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.94 km ESE of Opuzen, Croatia · 8920 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8916 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.22 km SE of Podgora, Croatia · 8911 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 3.28 km W of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8972 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.422 km E of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8972 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.912 km N of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8974 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km E of Budva, Montenegro · 8984 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8987 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.452 km SW of Budva, Montenegro · 8990 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b0br. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.