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Earthquake: aftershock of Montenegro earthquake

Flinn Engdahl Region: Northwestern Balkan Peninsula Country: Yugoslavia

Date and Time: 24.05.1979 17:23:18 UTC

Epicenter: 42.23° N 18.76° E WGS84

Focal Depth: 5km

Mb: 5.7 ML: 6.2

Ms: 6.31 Mw: 6.2

Mo: 2.2E+18Nm Intensity:

Fault Mechanism: thrust

Earthquake Reference: Ambraseys N., P. Smit, R. Berardi, D. Rinaldis, F. Cotton, C. Berge (2000): Dissemination of

European Strong-Motion Data. CD-ROM collection, European Commission, DGXII, Science,

Research and Development, Bruxelles, Belgium

Last Revision: 15.06.2000

Acceleration Time Histories:

total: 8 records Dist. [km] PGA [m/s*s]

Station Name Coordinates Geology D Fault. Horizontal Vertical

Budva-PTT 42.284 N 18.831 E alluvium 8 9 2.625 1.652

Petrovac-Hotel Rivijera 42.204 N 18.949 E alluvium 16 7 2.704 1.098

Kotor Nas Rakit 42.418 N 18.773 E rock 21 19 0.560 0.331

Tivat-Aerodrom 42.425 N 18.708 E alluvium 22 15 1.628 0.847

Kotor-Zovod za Biologiju Mora 42.436 N 18.769 E alluvium 23 19 1.487 0.756

Hercegnovi Novi-O.S.D. Pavicic 42.457 N 18.531 E rock 32 18 0.754 0.433

Bar-Skupstina Opstine 42.095 N 19.101 E stiff soil 32 12 2.653 0.995

Ulcinj-Hotel Olimpic 41.911 N 19.249 E stiff soil 54 30 0.333 0.124

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