M2.6 earthquake 2 km NNE of Elbasan, Albania
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Elbasan, Albania on Mon, Sep 2, 2002, 8:51 PM GMT+2 (18:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 11 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-02 18:51:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.131° N, 20.088° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.111 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8791 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Elbasan, Albania · 8791 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Krrabë, Albania · 8791 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Krrabë, Albania · 8791 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.611 km W of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8791 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.112 km NE of Shëngjin, Albania · 8791 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8790 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8790 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8788 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Ohrid, North Macedonia · 8783 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Tirana, Albania · 8777 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8775 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.614 km SSW of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8773 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.111 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8768 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Kukës, Albania · 8763 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Bulqizë, Albania · 8749 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Roskovec, Albania · 8738 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Peqin, Albania · 8734 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Kuçovë, Albania · 8733 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Zajas, North Macedonia · 8732 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.40 km S of Vlorë, Albania · 8792 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.213 km W of Milot, Albania · 8794 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.71 km SSW of Elbasan, Albania · 8798 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.316 km ENE of Maliq, Albania · 8799 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.44 km NW of Selenicë, Albania · 8801 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.912 km S of Vukatanë, Albania · 8807 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8808 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.312 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8808 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Mborje, Albania · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb4r. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.