List_of_earthquakes_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina Knowpia

This incomplete list lists earthquakes that had epicentres within the current borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina or otherwise had a significant impact on the country.

Date	Epicentre	Mag.	Intensity	Deaths	Notes
6 January 1905	Krupanj, Serbia	5.3	VII		^[1]
7 April 1905	Petrovac	5.0	VII		^[1]
1 August 1907	Počitelj	5.7	VII–VIII		^[1]
25 December 1908	Vlasenica	5.3	VI–VII		^[1]
8 October 1909	Pokupsko, Croatia	6.0	IX		^[1]
12 March 1916	Bihać	5.0	VII		^[1]
6 February 1923	Jajce	5.0	VII		^[1]
15 March 1923	Imotski, Croatia	6.2	VIII–IX	2	Two women died in Drinovci. A tobacco factory in Mostar was destroyed.^[2]^[1]
14 February 1927	Ljubinje	6.0	VIII	2	Ljubinje was hit severely. Two children died in Berkovići. Many houses were damaged in Stolac and local villages, some completely levelled. See 1927 Ljubinje earthquake.^[1]
17 December 1940	Derventa	5.1	VII		^[1]
31 December 1950	Drugovići	5.7	VIII		About 25 km NE of Banja Luka.^[1]
11 June 1962	Treskavica	6.0	VIII		^[1]
13 April 1964	Dilj Mountain, Croatia	5.7	VIII		^[1]
7 March 1967	Srebrenica	5.1	VII		^[1]
27 October 1969	Banja Luka	6.6	IX	15	A total of 15 people died and over a thousand were injured. The city of Banja Luka was devastated, with over 86,000 apartments destroyed. See 1969 Banja Luka earthquake.^[1]
25 August 1970	Gacko	5.0	VII		^[1]
7 September 1970	Knin, Croatia	5.3	VIII		^[1]
29 October 1974	Lukavac	5.0	VII		^[1]
15 April 1979	Ulcinj, Montenegro	7.1	IX		See 1979 Montenegro earthquake^[1]
13 August 1981	Banja Luka	5.5	VIII		44 people injured and damage in Banja Luka. Also felt in western Hungary and in Trieste, Italy.^[3]
23 May 2004	Grude	5.5	VI–VII		There was a rockfall at the Blue Lake, and the water level of the Vrljika decreased by several metres.^[4] The worst damage occurred in Sovići. The earthquake was probably caused by the reverse Imotski Fault.^[5]^: 98–99
21 February 2015	Tuzla	3.6	IV		Four people killed and one injured due to a landslide in a mine near Tuzla.^[6]^[7]
26 November 2019	Blagaj, Mostar	5.4	VII		^[8]
29 December 2020	Petrinja, Croatia	6.4	IX		Buildings were damaged in the Una–Sana Canton and northern Republika Srpska. The town of Kostajnica suffered the worst damages. The earthquake started six building fires in Kostajnica, and the town hall was rendered unusable. See 2020 Petrinja earthquake^[9]
22 April 2022	Strupići	5.7	VIII	1	One woman died in Stolac. There was damage in much of southern Herzegovina. See 2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina earthquake.^[10]
30 December 2023	Ljubetovo	4.7	VI		Four people were injured as the earthquake striked near the city of Zenica. Material damage and landslides were reported in the surrounding areas. ^[11]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Trkulja, Drago (2010). "Seizmičnost Bosne i Hercegovine" [Seismicity of Bosnia and Herzegovina] (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "GRUDE i IMOTSKI 1923. i 1962.: U potresu poginule sestre iz Drinovaca, mnoge kuće porušene" [Grude and Imotski 1923 and 1962: Two sisters from Drinovci died in the earthquake, many houses collapsed]. Grude.com (in Croatian). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "M 5.5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina". US Geological Survey.
^ Šarić, Frane; Jović, Marija (24 May 2004). "Vrlo jak potres u Dalmaciji i BiH bez žrtava i velikih šteta" [Very strong earthquake in Dalmatia and B&H without fatalities or large damages]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Zagreb. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ Ivančić, Ines; Herak, Davorka; Markušić, Snježana; Sović, Ivica; Herak, Marijan (30 December 2006). "Seismicity of Croatia in the period 2002-2005". Geofizika. 23 (2): 87–103. ISSN 0352-3659. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Tuzla: Izvučena tijela nastradalih u rudniku". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian).
^ "M 3.6 - 7 km ESE of Tojši?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina". US Geological Survey.
^ "Zemljotres od 5,4 stepena pogodio BiH, građani istrčali na ulice".
^ "Teške posledice zemljotresa u Bosni i Hercegovini" [Earthquake has serious consequences in Bosnia and Herzegovina]. N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Potresi zabilježeni u zadnjih 60 dana" [Earthquakes recorded in the last 60 days] (in Bosnian). Federal Hydrometeorological Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "USGS 4,7 earthquake in Željezno Polje".

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