A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Korce in Albania on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us700046jt. Unique identifier: us700046jt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 14:36:38 / June 28, 2019 @ 2:36 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.7104° East, 40.5163° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:36:38 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kozáni, Sarandë, Selenicë (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Struga (c. 37 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 12 km SSW of Korce, Albania.
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