A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Librazhd-Qender in Albania. The temblor was detected at 00:20:52 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 22:20:52 / August 31, 2016 @ 10:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.396 East, latitude 41.287 North, depth = 2.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006j5y. Event ids that are associated: us10006j5y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Novaci, Brvenica, .
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km NNE of Librazhd-Qender, Albania.
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