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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 9 km NNW of Shijak, Albania


Earthquake location 41.4255S, 19.5389WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Shijak in Albania on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 19.5389 East, latitude 41.4255 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 14:15:52 / September 21, 2019 @ 2:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:15:52 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us60005lrg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005lrg.

Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kukës, Poliçan, Delogožda (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 9 km NNW of Shijak, Albania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.5389° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.4255° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km 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 2019-09-21 14:15:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-21 14:41:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 402 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 1.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60005lrg Id of event.
Event Code 60005lrg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005lrg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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