September 29, 1998 Earthquake: Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NW on September 29, 1998 at 22:14:49 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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 29, 1998
- Time
- 22:14:49 UTC
- Place
- Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.209° N, 20.080° E
- Country
- Serbia
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
1998, Sept 29. One person died from a heart attack, 17
people injured, some houses destroyed and many heavily
damaged (VIII) in the Belgrade-Ljig-Valjevo area. Felt (V)
at Cacak, Kragujevac, Smederevo and Titovo Uzice; (IV) at
Krusevac, Novi Sad, Prijepolje and Prokuplje. Felt
throughout Serbia. Also felt in the Sarajevo area, Bosnia
and Herzegovina as well as in parts of Croatia and in
northern Greece. (reference #1053)
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
- April 13, 1964, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 3, 2010, Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- July 12, 1991, Banloc, Deta, Timisoara, Romania
- April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- March 8, 2015, Kosjeric, Serbia, Balkans NW
- March 24, 1922, Serbia, Balkans NW
- May 15, 1927, 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
- September 10, 1983, Serbia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1978, Brus, Serbia, 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 5505.