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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Himarë in Albania


Earthquake location 40.0551S, 19.709WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Himarë in Albania. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 19.709 East, latitude 40.0551 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:26:34 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 07:26:34 / January 12, 2021 @ 7:26 am. Event id: us6000d7nf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7nf.

Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Vlorë (c. 89 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ersekë, Kuçovë, Igoumenítsa.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SSW of Himarë, Albania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.709° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SSW of Himarë, Albania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-12 07:26:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-13 08:04:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.348 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d7nf Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7nf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7nf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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