A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Durres in Albania. 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) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 19.3711° East, 41.5132° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:00 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 22:19:00 / November 27, 2019 @ 10:19 pm. Id of earthquake: us70006dxm. Event ids that are associated: us70006dxm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuçovë, Roskovec, Fier-Çifçi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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 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: 21 km NNW of Durres, Albania.
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