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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Shijak in Albania


Earthquake location 41.4879S, 19.5039WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Shijak in Albania. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:43:55 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 16:43:55 / April 13, 2020 @ 4:43 pm. Event id: us70008vjq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008vjq. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.06 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 2.06 km, 19.5039° East, 41.4879° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vevčani, Berat, Patos Fshat. Nearby country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 16 km NNW of Shijak, Albania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.5039° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.4879° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NNW of Shijak, Albania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-13 16:43:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-13 17:04:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.958 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70008vjq Id of event.
Event Code 70008vjq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008vjq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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