M1.6 earthquake 19 km SE of Pljevlja, Montenegro
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km SE of Pljevlja, Montenegro on Sat, Mar 6, 2004, 8:13 AM GMT+1 (07:13 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 12 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-06 07:13:21 UTC
- Depth
- 13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.214° N, 19.497° E
- Region
- Montenegro
- 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 usp000cp7e. 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
- 172°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.012 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8245 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.219 km E of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8237 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.015 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.415 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8235 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8228 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.213 km SSW of Priboj, Serbia · 8228 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.812 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8227 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8227 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Prijepolje, Serbia · 8226 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8205 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8203 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.92 km WSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8202 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8201 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8197 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Plužine, Montenegro · 8197 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.54 km W of Plužine, Montenegro · 8197 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15 km W of Plužine, Montenegro · 8197 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.52 km W of Plužine, Montenegro · 8197 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.816 km N of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8196 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8196 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8194 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8186 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 1.911 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8248 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.811 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8248 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8249 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8251 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8251 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8251 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8258 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8258 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.212 km WNW of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8262 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cp7e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.