A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bulqizë in Albania. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 11.715 km, 20.2009° East, 41.6187° North. The temblor was reported at 17:01:36 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.715 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nzl7. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzl7. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 17:01:36 / December 17, 2024 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Prizren (c. 171 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gjakovë (c. 94 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tetovo (c. 72 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Junik, Demir Hisar, Orahovac (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km N of Bulqizë, Albania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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