A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Bulqize in Albania. Unique identifier: us2000415x. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000415x. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 06:27:05 / November 1, 2015 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 7.01 km, 20.3209° East, 41.3719° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:27:05 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.01 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballsh, Patos Fshat, . Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tetovo (c. 72 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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