A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Mamurras in Albania. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70006d2z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006d2z. Exact location, longitude 19.425° East, latitude 41.5792° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:08:22 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 06:08:22 / November 26, 2019 @ 6:08 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Danilovgrad, Velesta, Kotor (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Podgorica (c. 136 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km W of Mamurras, Albania.
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