M2.0 earthquake 12 km ESE of Plav, Montenegro
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Plav, Montenegro on Sat, Oct 19, 2002, 9:58 AM GMT+2 (07:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km S of Kukës, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-19 07:58:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.553° N, 20.080° E
- Region
- Montenegro
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8744 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.210 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 8741 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8740 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.710 km E of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8738 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.716 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8736 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.39 km SE of Cetinje, Montenegro · 8730 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.721 km S of Kukës, Albania · 8728 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.56 km E of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8726 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.511 km ENE of Spuž, Montenegro · 8724 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8722 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8713 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.811 km WSW of Shkodër, Albania · 8708 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.518 km SE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8707 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Pukë, Albania · 8703 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8700 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Cetinje, Montenegro · 8695 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.22 km S of Prizren, Kosovo · 8695 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Šavnik, Montenegro · 8688 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.619 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8686 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 2.124 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8746 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8748 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8753 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.611 km ESE of Pljevlja, Montenegro · 8755 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8757 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8757 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Junik, Kosovo · 8761 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.014 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8763 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Kukës, Albania · 8764 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.76 km S of Cetinje, Montenegro · 8766 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8767 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8771 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Koplik, Albania · 8771 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000beun. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC.