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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Mamurras in Albania


Earthquake location 41.5272S, 19.4653WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mamurras in Albania on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 19.4653 East, latitude 41.5272 North, depth = 5.28 km. The temblor was detected at 14:32:42 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/21 / 2021-01-26 14:32:42 / January 26, 2021 @ 2:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000d3f3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d3f3. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.28 km (3 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Centar Župa (c. 45 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gramsh, , Centar Župa (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 19 km WSW of Mamurras, Albania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.4653° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.5272° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km WSW of Mamurras, Albania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-26 14:32:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-26 15:33:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 0.914 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000d3f3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d3f3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d3f3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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