A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Milot in Albania on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 19.6389 East, latitude 41.6772 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pba. Unique identifier: us60006pba. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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 time and date of earthquake 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 14:11:53 / November 26, 2019 @ 2:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:11:53 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Budva, Vevčani, Dragash. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Podgorica (c. 136 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Centar Župa (c. 45 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 6 km W of Milot, Albania.
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