M2.8 earthquake 5 km ESE of Himarë, Albania
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Himarë, Albania on Fri, Dec 28, 2001, 2:55 PM GMT+1 (13:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SE of Poliçan, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-28 13:55:34 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.080° N, 19.800° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 9031 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.014 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 9031 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.110 km W of Kónitsa, Greece · 9030 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Parapótamos, Greece · 9030 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.217 km ESE of Orikum, Albania · 9025 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.114 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 9021 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.35 km SE of Poliçan, Albania · 9019 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Poliçan, Albania · 9018 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.121 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 9017 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.226 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 9017 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.115 km SE of Orikum, Albania · 8992 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000avef. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.