Country profile · USGS ComCat
Earthquakes in Serbia
Serbia has catalogued 18 M4+ earthquakes since 2005 (ranked 124th of 187 countries), with the strongest reaching magnitude M5.5.
Serbia ranks 124th of 187 countries by catalogued seismic activity - a country with limited but non-zero seismic activity, averaging about 1 M4+ events a year alongside 0 significant M6+ earthquakes since 1900.
- 18
- M4+ events (since 2005)
- 0
- Major M6+ (since 1900)
- M5.5
- Strongest
- ~1
- M4+ per year
The verdict
Serbia is below the global median in catalogued seismic activity, with 18 M4+ earthquakes logged since 2005 and 0 major M6+ events since 1900, the strongest reaching magnitude 5.5.
- N/A
- no yearly breakdown available
- N/A
- average recorded event depth
- 0%
- of events are shallow (<70 km, the most damaging kind)
Average catalogued magnitude is 4.4 - most events are moderate M4-5 tremors that are felt but rarely cause damage. On the M4+ activity ladder Grenada sits immediately above at 19 events and Ukraine sits immediately below at 17.
Catalog event strip
Event tape SERBIA · Serbia M4+ · 124th/187
Serbia · 18 M4+ · max M5.5 · 0 M6+
- DEPTH 18
- PHOTO 124th/187
- BUSY M5.5
- SHAL 0
- PCT near Grenada
- VS-PEER May 5, 2026
Stamps derive from this country's USGS ComCat row (M4+ book, rank, peak magnitude, M6+ record, ladder neighbour, depth/peak year), not a hazard forecast. PlainQuake is informational only - not professional advice and not a substitute for official USGS guidance. See our disclaimer. Verify with USGS ComCat → · Read with methodology → · How earthquakes are measured → · Reading earthquake data → · All country catalog rows → · Countries ranked →
Where Serbia sits in the catalog
Rank 124th of 187 tracked countries (33th percentile by M4+ count since 2005). On the M4+ activity ladder Grenada sits immediately above at 19 events and Ukraine sits immediately below at 17.
Same M4+ count, broken by peak magnitude
2 tracked countries share Serbia's exact count of 18 M4+ events since 2005. Among that cohort, Serbia ranks 1st of 2 by strongest recorded magnitude (M5.5).
| Country | M4+ count | Strongest |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia (this page) | 18 | M5.5 |
| Burundi | 18 | M5.2 |
0 of 18 catalogued M4+ events since 2005 reached M6.0 or higher.
Other countries in this catalog sample
A Serbia-keyed shuffle of the full 186-country roster, not the six nearest by count.
Saint Lucia
15 M4+ events · strongest M5.2
Sudan
52 M4+ events · strongest M5.3
Revilla Gigedo Islands
1 M4+ events · strongest M4.1
Niger
1 M4+ events · strongest M4.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
69 M4+ events · strongest M5.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo
161 M4+ events · strongest M6.8
Peak-magnitude sample from the same roster
A second Serbia-keyed shuffle of countries with a recorded max magnitude.
Showing 6 of 186 countries with a recorded max magnitude.
According to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, PlainQuake's figures are rendered directly from 317,293 recorded M4+ earthquakes and 14,444 significant M6+ events (USGS ComCat, 2005-present) -- no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-26.