A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Erseke in Albania on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 06:33:01 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 05:33:01 / February 17, 2018 @ 5:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d3r4. Event ids that are associated: us2000d3r4. Exact location, longitude 20.6098° East, latitude 40.3878° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Librazhd-Qendër, Elbasan, (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Struga (c. 37 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NW of Erseke, Albania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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