November 3, 2010 Earthquake: Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
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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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
- 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)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- February 21, 2015, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- April 8, 1893, Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia
- July 12, 1991, Banloc, Deta, Timisoara, Romania
- September 29, 1998, Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, Serbia
- May 15, 1927, Serbia, Balkans NW
- May 18, 1980, Serbia, Balkans NW
- September 7, 1984, Serbia, Balkans NW
- February 4, 1739, Serbia, Balkans NW
- April 13, 1978, Brus, Serbia, Balkans NW
- September 10, 1983, Serbia, Balkans NW
- March 8, 2015, Kosjeric, Serbia, Balkans NW
- March 24, 1922, Serbia, Balkans NW
- January 4, 2018, Berane, Montenegro, 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 9632.