M2.8 earthquake 3 km ENE of ????? - ???????, North Macedonia

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of ????? - ???????, North Macedonia on Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 11:19 PM GMT+1 (22:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 2 km S of Gjilan, Kosovo. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 11:19 PM GMT+1
UTC: 2002-03-21 22:19:39 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 42.113° N, 21.417° E
Region: North Macedonia
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Skopje.

From the USGS event page for usp000b0tj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

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How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b0tj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.