M2.5 earthquake 7 km WSW of Himarë, Albania
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Himarë, Albania on Sun, Oct 15, 2000, 9:05 AM GMT+2 (07:05 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 13 km SE of Delvinë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-15 07:05:03 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.064° N, 19.668° 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.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km E of Himarë, Albania · 9481 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.27 km ENE of Lefkímmi, Greece · 9479 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.413 km SE of Delvinë, Albania · 9477 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.916 km N of Paramythiá, Greece · 9466 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.011 km WSW of Pérdika, Greece · 9459 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.110 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 9444 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.99 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 9444 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.05 km E of Kalpáki, Greece · 9444 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8Greece-Albania border region · 9428 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1t4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.