September 5, 1996 Earthquake: Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NW
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NW on September 5, 1996 at 20:44:09 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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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
- September 5, 1996
- Time
- 20:44:09 UTC
- Place
- Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NW
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.803° N, 17.936° E
- Country
- Croatia
The toll
- Injuries
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Several people injured, 2,000 left homeless and
extensive damage (VIII) in the Ston-Slano area, Croatia.
Felt (VI) at Herceg-Novi, Kotor and Tivat; (V) at Bar,
Budva, Niksic and Podgorica, Yugoslavia. Felt (V) in the
Shkoder area, Albania and (IV) at Skopje, former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia. Felt in many parts of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NW
- June 1, 1905, Shkoder, Albania
- November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania
- January 29, 1943, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- May 13, 1984, Dubrovnik, Ljubinje, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NW
- April 29, 1850, Ston, Croatia, Balkans NW
- October 1823, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1451, Croatia, Balkans NW
- 1471, Croatia, Balkans NW
- February 15, 1482, Croatia, Balkans NW
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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5441.