A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Shijak in Albania on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 23:00:43 / November 28, 2019 @ 11:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:00:43 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 19.571° East, 41.3707° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006e9s. Id of event: us70006e9s.
Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Delogožda, Poliçan, Struga (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Shijak, Albania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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