1979 Montenegro earthquake

1979 Montenegro earthquake
1979 Montenegro earthquake is located in Yugoslavia
Podgorica
Podgorica
1979 Montenegro earthquake
1979 Montenegro earthquake is located in Montenegro
Podgorica
Podgorica
1979 Montenegro earthquake
UTC time1979-04-15 06:19:44
ISC event666588
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateApril 15, 1979 (1979-04-15)
Local time07:19:44
Magnitude6.9 Mw[1]
Depth10 km (6.2 mi)[1]
EpicenterPečurice 42°02′N 19°10′E / 42.03°N 19.17°E / 42.03; 19.17[1]
Areas affectedMontenegro, Albania, Croatia
Max. intensityMMI X (Extreme)[2]
Peak acceleration0.46 g[3]
Tsunami0.6 m (2 ft 0 in)[4]
Aftershocks6.3 Ms May 24 at 17:23 UTC[5]
Casualties136 dead[6]
1,000+ injured

The 1979 Montenegro earthquake occurred on 15 April at 06:19 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). It was the most devastating earthquake in SR Montenegro, then part of Yugoslavia,[7] and was mostly felt along the Montenegrin and Albanian coastline. It was also felt in other parts of the country (in Podgorica and Dubrovnik[8] with intensity of VII, in Sarajevo and Skopje V-VI, in Belgrade IV, in Zagreb and Ljubljana III-IV).

The main earthquake was followed by more than 90 aftershocks stronger than 4.0 on Richter scale,[9][10] strongest of which occurred on 24 May 1979, with a magnitude of 6.3.[11]

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  6. ^ "Zemljotres od 15. aprila 1979. godine" (in Serbo-Croatian). Seismological Observatory of Montenegro. 2010-04-16. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  7. ^ (Montenegrin): Crnogorski zemljotres ukroćen u Skoplju[permanent dead link‍], Vijesti
  8. ^ "NA DANAŠNJI DAN Jak potres 1979. Godine pogodio Dubrovnik". 15 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Pitanja".
  10. ^ "Pitanja".
  11. ^ "Internet-Site for European Strong-Motion Data". Archived from the original on 2004-09-09. Retrieved 2009-10-08.