A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Durres in Albania on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 19.4126 East, latitude 41.4439 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:51:24 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006dyg. Unique identifier: us70006dyg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 22:51:24 / November 27, 2019 @ 10:51 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Berat, Debar, Patos Fshat (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-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: 13 km N of Durres, Albania.
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