Earthquakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina earthquakes can be strong and cause heavy damages in a circle of dozens of kilometers. Due to the special tectonic situation of the country, there are more earthquakes than average.29 people died since 1950 by direct consequences of earthquakes.
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Most recent events
This list includes the strongest earthquakes recorded in or around Bosnia and Herzegovina by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the past 14 days. Whether an event is listed here depends largely on its magnitude, but also on its distance from inhabited areas. All data refer to the local time. This page is updated daily at 11am UTC.- Jun 24, 9:01 amMagnitude 3.2: 2 km east-northeast of Omarska at a depth of 7.2 km.
Earthquakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1950
The strongest earthquake in Bosnia and Herzegovina happened on 10/27/1969 in the region Bosnia-Herzegovina (Kakasi, Jablan) with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale.Date | Region | Depth | Magnitude | Deaths | Total damage |
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04/22/2022 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mostar, Stolac) | 10 km | 5.7 | 1 | |
02/21/2015 | Bosnia-Herzegovina: | 8 km | 3.6 | 4 | |
11/27/1990 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Titograd) | 58 km | 5.6 | 0 | |
11/25/1986 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Strmica, Knin) | 42 km | 5.5 | 0 | |
05/13/1984 | Ljubinje; Croatia (Dubrovnik) | 55 km | 5.1 | 1 | |
08/13/1981 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Banja Luka) | 11 km | 5.5 | 0 | |
10/27/1969 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Kakasi, Jablan) | 6.4 | 9 | ||
10/26/1969 | Bosnia-Herzegovina (Banja Luka) | 6.0 | 14 | ||
06/11/1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 6.3 | 0 |
These statistics are based on datas from the National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Several data have been summarized and translated.