Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mpaghara ahụ na-egosipụta ụdị ọdịdị karst, na ntọala okwute nke mejupụtara limestones na obere mpaghara nke dolomites na Quaternary sediments. Eocene flysch na-eme ka ókèala ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke ebe a na-ekpofu mmiri, nke ebe a na-ekpofu mmiri na ebe Ombla na-ebili. Nkume ndị ahụ ka e guzobere dị ka usoro siri ike nke carbonate sediments na-etinye n'etiti Norian na Late Cretaceous dị ka Adriatic Carbonate Platform, ruo omimi. Na Eocene na mbido Oligocene, Adriatic Plate kwagara n'ebe ugwu na n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ, na-enye aka na Alpine orogeny site na tectonic ebuli nke Dinarides. Ebe a na-akpọ karst nke dị na ndagwurugwu ahụ malitere n'ihi otú ebe a na-akpọ carbonate si na-emebi. Karstification bidoro n'ụzọ dị ukwuu mgbe Dinarides' ikpeazụ ebuli na Oligocene na Miocene, mgbe carbonates nọ n'okpuru mmetụta ikuku; nke a gbatịrị ruo n'okpuru ọkwa oke osimiri ugbu a, nke ekpughere n'oge ikpeazụ Glacial Maximum. E mepụtara usoro karst ụfọdụ n'oge ọdịda nke oke osimiri, ọkachasị nsogbu nnu Messinian. Ọdịdị ala nke mpaghara ahụ na-egosi ọrụ tectonic na-adịbeghị anya na ndagwurugwu ahụ, yana mmebi na-agba ọsọ n'etiti Hum na Ombla. Ala ọma jijiji siri ike nke mere n'oge na-adịbeghị anya n'ógbè ahụ buru ibu bụ
Ala ọma jijiji nke mere na Montenegro n'afọ 1979, nke dị 7.0 n'ihe ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ Richter. Nanị ala ọma jijiji siri ike mere n'oge gara aga n'ebe ahụ bụ nke mere na Dubrovnik n'afọ 1667, nke e mesịkwara nwee ala ọma jijiji.