A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Erseke in Albania. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003u6q. Id of event: us70003u6q. The temblor was picked up at 19:30:12 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/19 / 2019-06-01 18:30:12 / June 1, 2019 @ 6:30 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 20.6885 East, latitude 40.4176 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elbasan, Vevčani, Velesta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 8 km N of Erseke, Albania.
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