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Earthquakes in Kosovo and Metohija

306 earthquakes catalogued in and around Kosovo and Metohija between 1907 and 2022. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
306
recorded earthquakes
M6.4
largest
1907–2022
record span
2.13
mean magnitude
32
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

039781907: 1 (M5+)190719161922: 1 (M5+)19251929: 1 (M5+)19341943195219611963: 1 (M5+)19701977: 1 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M5+)19791980: 2 (M5+)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 1 (M5+)1985: 1 (M<3)1985: 1 (M5+)1987: 1 (M3–4)1988: 1 (M<3)19881992: 1 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M3–4)1996: 1 (M4–5)19972001: 2 (M3–4)2002: 4 (M<3)2002: 9 (M3–4)2002: 8 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M5+)2003: 1 (M<3)2004: 3 (M3–4)2004: 1 (M4–5)2005: 4 (M<3)2006: 1 (M3–4)20062007: 13 (M<3)2008: 34 (M<3)2008: 1 (M3–4)2009: 50 (M<3)2010: 76 (M<3)2010: 2 (M4–5)2011: 54 (M<3)2012: 1 (M<3)2013: 7 (M<3)2013: 2 (M3–4)2013: 1 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M<3)2014: 3 (M3–4)2015: 2 (M<3)20152016: 1 (M5+)2017: 1 (M<3)2020: 1 (M<3)2020: 1 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M<3)2022: 1 (M5+)2022
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
6.426.07.1963 04:1715 km76 km
5.918.05.1980 20:0210.9 km71 km
5.724.04.2002 10:517.2 km33 km
5.507.12.1985 18:325 km41 km
5.520.12.1929 20:1915 km72 km
5.518.05.1980 20:269.8 km72 km
5.209.06.1922 15:3615 km80 km
5.213.08.1907 02:2010 km68 km
5.111.09.2016 13:1011.3 km74 km
5.107.09.1984 00:4410.1 km71 km
5.010.09.1983 06:1411.7 km72 km
5.018.05.1978 02:3710 km72 km
5.019.01.2022 16:5015 km17 km
4.511.10.2010 00:346.9 km37 km
4.524.04.2002 11:242.1 km33 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.203.06.2022 22:0610 km30 km
5.019.01.2022 16:5015 km17 km
2.109.10.2020 14:055 km20 km
3.016.03.2020 21:1310 km32 km
2.108.02.2017 20:292 km33 km
5.111.09.2016 13:1011.3 km74 km
2.906.04.2015 20:2310 km26 km
2.728.01.2015 23:252 km30 km
3.429.06.2014 07:162 km33 km
3.329.06.2014 07:142 km33 km
2.924.04.2014 02:462 km32 km
3.502.03.2014 19:1715 km32 km
2.825.01.2014 03:372 km34 km
2.509.12.2013 16:021 km27 km
2.426.11.2013 00:245 km31 km
2.925.11.2013 20:451 km27 km
2.520.11.2013 09:242 km28 km
2.820.11.2013 04:315 km35 km
2.519.11.2013 03:395 km31 km
3.518.11.2013 13:422 km34 km
4.318.11.2013 13:156.8 km30 km
2.817.11.2013 23:582 km35 km
3.917.11.2013 08:1410.2 km32 km
2.221.01.2012 21:342 km24 km
1.829.12.2011 13:5712.2 km29 km
1.620.12.2011 13:440 km29 km
1.618.12.2011 13:5314.9 km25 km
1.612.12.2011 14:097.5 km4 km
1.202.12.2011 16:550 km27 km
1.630.11.2011 14:200 km21 km
1.329.11.2011 13:504.7 km27 km
1.524.11.2011 16:0022.8 km23 km
1.818.11.2011 13:5610 km13 km
1.414.11.2011 14:500 km35 km
1.311.11.2011 09:061.4 km16 km
1.504.11.2011 14:307.3 km18 km
1.503.11.2011 00:080 km32 km
1.501.11.2011 14:260 km19 km
1.413.10.2011 14:246.6 km26 km
1.312.10.2011 23:390 km28 km
1.503.10.2011 15:303.5 km26 km
1.430.09.2011 14:534.5 km20 km
1.329.09.2011 15:550 km27 km
1.527.09.2011 14:230 km15 km
1.526.09.2011 14:550 km20 km
1.524.09.2011 11:120 km29 km
1.414.09.2011 08:330 km29 km
1.309.09.2011 15:310 km6 km
1.522.08.2011 14:065.4 km30 km
1.515.08.2011 14:187.5 km22 km
1.411.08.2011 14:019.7 km33 km
1.410.08.2011 15:086.1 km23 km
1.302.08.2011 14:120 km24 km
1.427.07.2011 15:580 km28 km
1.519.07.2011 15:520 km27 km
1.414.07.2011 14:500 km24 km
1.412.07.2011 09:550 km28 km
1.505.07.2011 14:190 km22 km
1.304.07.2011 15:413.1 km26 km
1.203.07.2011 13:185.6 km18 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.