Significant earthquakes of 2010

November 3, 2010 Earthquake: Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW

November 3, 2010 · M5.5 · 2 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW on November 3, 2010 at 00:56:55 UTC, 1 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.

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The earthquake

Date
November 3, 2010
Time
00:56:55 UTC
Place
Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
Magnitude
5.5 (Mw)
Focal depth
1 km (1 mi)
Intensity
6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
43.760° N, 20.673° E
Country
Serbia

The toll

Deaths
2
Injuries
100
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Houses destroyed
1,000
Houses damaged
5,000

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.

Two people killed, more than 100 injured, 1,000 homes destroyed and 5,000 damaged (VI) at Kraljevo. Felt (V) at Gornji Milanovac and Valjevo; (IV) at Belgrade, Bor, Jagodina, Kragujevac, Lazarevac, Obrenovac, Ruma, Smederevo, Sopot, Sremska Mitrovica and Trstenik. Felt (IV) at Bijeljina and Tuzla and (III) at Sarajevo and Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Felt (III) at Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo and (II) at Skopje, Macedonia and at Sofia and Vidin, Bulgaria. Felt (II) at Osijek, Croatia. Also felt at Dubrovnik. Felt throughout Serbia, in much of Kosovo, in western Bulgaria, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and in parts of Montenegro and Romania. (reference #1053)

Two people were killed and around 100 were injured when a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck central Serbia overnight, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday... Many buildings were damaged, including the hospital in Kraljevo, but no patients were hurt, the ministry said, adding parts of the city were without electricity or water. (reference #8995)

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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 9632.