A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Memaliaj in Albania. Exact location of earthquake, 19.9368° East, 40.4949° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 22:59:31 / October 19, 2025 @ 10:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri7q. Id of event: us6000ri7q. The temblor was picked up at 22:59:31 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Vlorë (c. 89 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tirana, Bilisht, Librazhd-Qendër (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 16 km NNW of Memaliaj, Albania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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