M2.1 earthquake 2 km NNW of Stari Bar, Montenegro
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Stari Bar, Montenegro on Sat, Jan 26, 2002, 8:32 PM GMT+1 (19:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km W of Danilovgrad, Montenegro. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-26 19:32:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.115° N, 19.120° E
- Region
- Montenegro
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Bar, Yugoslavia.
From the USGS event page for usp000ax7f. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km E of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 9015 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.51 km ESE of Šušanj, Montenegro · 9015 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2Montenegro-Albania border region · 9014 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Shëngjin, Albania · 9012 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Igalo, Montenegro · 9011 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Igalo, Montenegro · 9011 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of Shkodër, Albania · 9010 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.79 km W of Shkodër, Albania · 9003 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.67 km N of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 9002 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Stari Bar, Montenegro · 9000 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.612 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8996 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.452 km SW of Budva, Montenegro · 8990 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Krujë, Albania · 8987 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8986 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.55 km E of Budva, Montenegro · 8984 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8973 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.422 km E of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8972 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.28 km W of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8972 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of ?iba?a, Croatia · 8968 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Fushë-Krujë, Albania · 8968 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.80 km W of Bar, Montenegro · 8968 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.38 km E of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8967 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Vukatanë, Albania · 8957 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Igalo, Montenegro · 8957 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.517 km E of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8956 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.911 km SSE of Cetinje, Montenegro · 9030 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Mataguži, Montenegro · 9033 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 9034 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Spuž, Montenegro · 9037 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.311 km W of Laç, Albania · 9040 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.02 km N of Shëngjin, Albania · 9045 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ax7f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC.