M3.1 earthquake 4 km WNW of Rasinja, Croatia
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Rasinja, Croatia on Fri, Dec 6, 2002, 4:12 AM GMT+1 (03:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km WSW of Rakov Potok, Croatia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-06 03:12:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.201° N, 16.660° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km N of Ludbreg, Croatia · 8690 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.73 km WSW of Rakov Potok, Croatia · 8690 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.80 km W of Krško, Slovenia · 8689 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Mihovljan, Croatia · 8688 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Breznica, Croatia · 8687 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.45 km WNW of Donja Zden?ina, Croatia · 8685 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.33 km ENE of Ljubeš?ica, Croatia · 8675 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Remetinec, Croatia · 8663 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Lasinja, Croatia · 8658 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Lasinja, Croatia · 8658 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Mihovljan, Croatia · 8642 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 1.83 km N of Ljubeš?ica, Croatia · 8702 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.97 km WSW of Rasinja, Croatia · 8702 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.52 km E of Kidri?evo, Slovenia · 8722 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Radoboj, Croatia · 8729 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.29 km E of Lasinja, Croatia · 8730 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bk6d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC.