M2.3 earthquake 11 km SSW of Kukës, Albania
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Kukës, Albania on Tue, Oct 1, 2002, 7:14 AM GMT+2 (05:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 21 km S of Kukës, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-01 05:14:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.989° N, 20.352° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km ESE of Junik, Kosovo · 8762 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8758 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8754 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Bulqizë, Albania · 8751 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8749 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.124 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8748 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Plav, Montenegro · 8747 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8745 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.210 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 8742 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km E of Tuzi, Montenegro · 8740 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.716 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8737 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Zajas, North Macedonia · 8733 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.721 km S of Kukës, Albania · 8729 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.37 km SSW of Lezhë, Albania · 8725 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8723 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8714 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.811 km WSW of Shkodër, Albania · 8709 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.518 km SE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania · 8708 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 4.111 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8770 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8772 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Koplik, Albania · 8772 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8777 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.110 km SSW of Prizren, Kosovo · 8778 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Tirana, Albania · 8778 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Koplik, Albania · 8785 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8789 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.46 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8790 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8792 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8792 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.112 km NE of Shëngjin, Albania · 8793 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.611 km W of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8793 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Krrabë, Albania · 8793 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Krrabë, Albania · 8793 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Elbasan, Albania · 8793 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.111 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Elbasan, Albania · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdjc. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.