A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Durres in Albania. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 04:47:00 / November 26, 2019 @ 4:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:47:00 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pbs. Unique identifier: us60006pbs. Exact location of earthquake, 19.4246° East, 41.4979° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Debar, Kuçovë, Roskovec. Nearby country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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. 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: 19 km N of Durres, Albania.
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