M2.2 earthquake 5 km N of Shëngjin, Albania
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5 km N of Shëngjin, Albania on Mon, Apr 1, 1985, 5:41 PM GMT+2 (15:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 8 km SSW of Pukë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-01 15:41:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.864° N, 19.606° E
- Region
- Albania
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.48 km SSW of Pukë, Albania · 15148 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.813 km E of Vukatanë, Albania · 15146 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.714 km ENE of Vukatanë, Albania · 15146 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Lezhë, Albania · 15141 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.914 km E of Koplik, Albania · 15137 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 15127 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.05 km NW of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 15127 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Pukë, Albania · 15124 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.34 km S of Tuzi, Montenegro · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.28 km N of Koplik, Albania · 15114 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4Adriatic Sea · 15112 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of Ulcinj, Montenegro · 15104 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Peqin, Albania · 15102 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.26 km WNW of Lukovo, North Macedonia · 15101 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.26 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 15096 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 3.012 km E of Vukatanë, Albania · 15153 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.39 km SE of Vukatanë, Albania · 15154 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.311 km N of Shëngjin, Albania · 15154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.211 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 15165 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.510 km W of Debar, North Macedonia · 15165 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.513 km W of Pukë, Albania · 15174 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dcc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.