March 24, 1922 Earthquake: Serbia, Balkans NW
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Serbia, Balkans NW on March 24, 1922 at 12:22:00 UTC, 12 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 24, 1922
- Time
- 12:22:00 UTC
- Place
- Serbia, Balkans NW
- Magnitude
- 6
- Focal depth
- 12 km (7 mi)
- Intensity
- X, extreme shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.400° N, 20.400° E
- Country
- Serbia
- Region
- Southern Europe
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1093 Montandon, Frederic (1953). Les Tremblements de Terre Destructeurs en Europe, a L'Union Internationale de Secours, Geneva, Switzerland, 195 p.
- #1004 Karnik, V. (1969). Seismicity of the European Area, Part 1, D. Riedel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland, 1969. 364 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 21, 2015, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- April 8, 1893, Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia
- November 3, 2010, Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- July 12, 1991, Banloc, Deta, Timisoara, Romania
- September 29, 1998, Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- May 15, 1927, Serbia, Balkans NW
- March 8, 2015, Kosjeric, Serbia, Balkans NW
- February 4, 1739, Serbia, Balkans NW
- November 12, 1740, Serbia, Balkans NW
- May 18, 1980, Serbia, Balkans NW
- September 7, 1984, Serbia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1978, Brus, Serbia, Balkans NW
- September 10, 1983, Serbia, Balkans NW
- December 2, 1991, Voiteg, Deta, Banloc, Romania
- July 18, 1991, Orsava, Romania
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3194. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem911849, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.