A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Durres in Albania on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 00:50:09 / November 28, 2019 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:50:09 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006e0k. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006e0k. Exact location of earthquake, 19.4415° East, 41.4703° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patos Fshat, Centar Župa, Gramsh. Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop). Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 16 km N of Durres, Albania.
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