A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Vore in Albania. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:02 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006da4. Unique identifier: us70006da4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 19.5539° East, latitude 41.4771° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 17:06:02 / November 26, 2019 @ 5:06 pm.
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Velesta, Patos Fshat, Berat. Nearby country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NW of Vore, Albania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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