M2.4 earthquake 43 km WSW of Dubrovnik, Croatia
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Dubrovnik, Croatia on Thu, Jan 22, 2004, 7:23 PM GMT+1 (18:23 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 70 km NNE of Mola di Bari, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-01-22 18:23:07 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.449° N, 17.653° E
- Region
- Croatia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000cjf4. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.715 km NE of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8289 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8288 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.270 km NNE of Mola di Bari, Italy · 8283 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Budva, Montenegro · 8273 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Cavtat, Croatia · 8263 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.219 km E of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8240 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8239 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.415 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8238 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8238 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.610 km E of Cavtat, Croatia · 8235 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cjf4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.