M4.3 earthquake 22 km WSW of Himarë, Albania
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Himarë, Albania on Thu, Oct 24, 2002, 5:15 PM GMT+2 (15:15 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 km NW of Acharávi, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-24 15:15:35 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.010° N, 19.510° 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
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.92 km SSE of Roskovec, Albania · 8740 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.217 km N of Himarë, Albania · 8736 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.412 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 8730 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.75 km SSE of Roskovec, Albania · 8725 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.517 km N of Acharávi, Greece · 8718 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.533 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 8718 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.520 km NW of Acharávi, Greece · 8717 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.413 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 8717 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.521 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 8717 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.620 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 8717 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.831 km SW of Orikum, Albania · 8714 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.311 km WNW of Vlorë, Albania · 8707 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Poliçan, Albania · 8699 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.12 km WSW of Patos Fshat, Albania · 8697 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.515 km SSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 8694 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.629 km W of Gáïos, Greece · 8682 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.311 km SSW of Perivóli, Greece · 8682 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.615 km NW of Acharávi, Greece · 8742 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.97 km S of Leskovik, Albania · 8757 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0Greece-Albania border region · 8758 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.615 km ESE of Libohovë, Albania · 8758 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.713 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8758 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.916 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8758 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.29 km W of Kónitsa, Greece · 8758 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.49 km E of Libohovë, Albania · 8758 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bf8m. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.