A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Dubrovnik in Croatia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.38 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 18.1239 East, latitude 42.6456 North, depth = 3.38 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 12:05:44 / June 28, 2017 @ 12:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:44 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20009q38. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009q38.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ljubuški, Čitluk, Budva (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Nikšić (c. 58 200 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Trebinje (c. 33 200 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Dubrovnik (c. 28 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Herceg-Novi (c. 19 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Budva (c. 18 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km E of Dubrovnik, Croatia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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