On 22 April 2022 at 23:07 local time (CEST, 21:07 UTC), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck southern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[8][9] According to the Federal Hydrometeorological Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FHMZ BiH), the earthquake had a magnitude of ML 5.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and occurred near Stolac.

It was felt in much of southern Croatia, Montenegro, and also parts of Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Italy and northern Greece.

[12][13] From an analysis of the main shock and the 7,217 aftershocks (M≥1.3) recorded in the next nine months, the earthquake is interpreted to have be caused by rupture on a ramp (dipping section) in the thrust at the base of the Dalmatian unit.

This is consistent with both the focal mechanism for the earthquake and depth of its hypocenter and that of most of the aftershocks, which were all unusually deep for this part of the Dinarides.

[8] A 28-year-old woman was fatally injured after a boulder rolled down a hill and crashed through the roof of a house in Stolac, and died in hospital during attempted resuscitation.

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton civil defence reported rockfalls on roads from Stolac to Mostar, Neum, Ljubinje and Berkovići.