- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 24, 2002 CE
- Location:
- Balkans Nw, Kosovo, Macedonia: N
- Magnitude:
- 5.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
- Deaths:
- 1
- Injuries:
- 100
- Damage:
- ~$350M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.83
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.49
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.56
Other earthquake records of 2002 CE
- Rwanda, Gisenyi · Mb 4.7 · 1,001 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Baghlan, Nahrin · Mw 6.1 · 1,000 deaths
- Iran, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su · Mw 6.5 · 261 deaths
- Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq · Mw 7.4 · 166 deaths
- Tajikistan / Afghanistan, Do Abi-Nahrin · Mw 5.9 · 50 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Tojo · Mw 6.2 · 48 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2002 CE Earthquake — Balkans Nw, Kosovo, Macedonia: N happen?
- April 24, 2002 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 1. Historical death tolls vary by source.