It occurred at a depth of 10 km, causing very strong shaking across much of Gjilan, moderate shaking in some parts in Ferizaj, and light tremors across Kosovo, and some tremors across neighboring parts of Kosovo.

In the area close to the epicenter, the greatest recorded Mercalli intensity for the DYFI map (Did You Feel It?)

The dead man was Mehmet Salibichaj, a local barber from Gjilan.

Power Outages and broken gas lines occurred at Gjilan.

[3] Over the next days, many aftershocks occurred, the largest being a 4.3 magnitude earthquake, 16 km from the mainshock, occurring at 12:24 p.m. local time, [4] and another 4.3 magnitude earthquake, 5 km from the mainshock at 12:37 a.m.[5]