Just 10 minutes ago, a 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The tremor was recorded early evening on Sunday, April 19th, 2026, at 6:53 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 5.70 km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by The Seismological Survey of Serbia (SSS), which listed it as a magnitude 3.0 earthquake as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Pale (pop. 7,500) located 1 km from the epicenter, and Koran (pop. 3,400) 2 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Sarajevo (pop. 696,700) located 17 km from the epicenter, Vogosca (pop. 8,200) 20 km away, Ilidza (pop. 71,300) 21 km away, and Sokolac (pop. 8,800) 22 km away. In Visoko (pop. 17,900, 36 km away), Gorazde (pop. 17,700, 37 km away), and Konjic (pop. 16,000, 53 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Apr 19, 2026 06:53 pm (GMT +2) local time (19 Apr 2026 16:53 GMT)Magnitude: 3.0Depth: 5.70 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 43.83°N / 18.57°E (Republika Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina)Primary data source: EMSC