A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Shijak in Albania. The temblor was reported at 06:59:49 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/25 / 2025-06-27 06:59:49 / June 27, 2025 @ 6:59 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q91z. Id of event: us7000q91z. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 19.5525° East, 41.4088° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Velesta, Ballsh, . Nearby country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km N of Shijak, Albania.
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