Montenegro earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 11 km NNE of Stari Bar, Montenegro

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 11 km NNE of Stari Bar, Montenegro on Fri, Mar 12, 2004, 2:39 AM GMT+1 (01:39 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 4 km ENE of Kurbnesh, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-12 01:39:44 UTC
Depth
10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.188° N, 19.198° E
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 usp000cppv. 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
127°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.112 km SSW of Gori?ani, Montenegro · 8239 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.219 km E of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8237 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.34 km ENE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8236 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.015 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.612 km SSW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.514 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8236 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.415 km SW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8235 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.66 km SSE of Burrel, Albania · 8232 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.610 km E of Cavtat, Croatia · 8232 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.912 km NNE of Stari Bar, Montenegro · 8229 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.312 km SE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8228 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.710 km NNW of Igalo, Montenegro · 8226 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.83 km SE of Stari Bar, Montenegro · 8213 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.56 km NNE of ?iba?a, Croatia · 8204 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.612 km ESE of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8201 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.26 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8195 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.211 km NW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8190 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.59 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 8188 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 1.620 km SSW of Plužine, Montenegro · 8185 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.911 km E of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 8185 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.014 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8180 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.712 km ENE of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8179 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 1.610 km W of Koplik, Albania · 8241 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.96 km SSE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8247 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.911 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8248 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.811 km S of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8248 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.519 km NNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8251 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.59 km E of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8251 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.56 km WNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8258 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.56 km WNW of Nikši?, Montenegro · 8258 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.79 km SE of Cavtat, Croatia · 8260 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.212 km WNW of Danilovgrad, Montenegro · 8262 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cppv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC.