M2.5 earthquake 9 km S of Raška, Serbia
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km S of Raška, Serbia on Sat, May 4, 2002, 8:31 AM GMT+2 (06:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 1 km WNW of Novo Brdo, Kosovo. 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
- 2002-05-04 06:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.202° N, 20.602° E
- Region
- Serbia
- 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26 km N of Novi Pazar, Serbia · 8919 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Lipljan, Kosovo · 8918 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.613 km E of Plav, Montenegro · 8914 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.213 km NE of Sokolovica, Serbia · 8903 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Osje?enik, Serbia · 8901 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.41 km WNW of Novo Brdo, Kosovo · 8878 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.812 km NNW of Klokot, Kosovo · 8860 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b3pn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.