M2.7 earthquake 15 km NW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania on Tue, Sep 3, 2002, 9:06 PM GMT+2 (19:06 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 11 km WSW 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
- 2.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-03 19:06:21 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.280° N, 20.189° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.310 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8791 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.46 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8788 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Ohrid, North Macedonia · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Tirana, Albania · 8777 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8775 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.614 km SSW of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8774 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.111 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Kukës, Albania · 8763 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Bulqizë, Albania · 8749 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Roskovec, Albania · 8739 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.211 km ENE of Peqin, Albania · 8734 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Kuçovë, Albania · 8734 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Zajas, North Macedonia · 8732 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 2.112 km NE of Shëngjin, Albania · 8791 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.611 km W of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8792 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Krrabë, Albania · 8792 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Krrabë, Albania · 8792 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Elbasan, Albania · 8792 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.111 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8792 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Elbasan, Albania · 8792 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.213 km W of Milot, Albania · 8794 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.71 km SSW of Elbasan, Albania · 8799 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.316 km ENE of Maliq, Albania · 8799 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.44 km NW of Selenicë, Albania · 8801 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8805 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.713 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8805 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.912 km S of Vukatanë, Albania · 8808 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8808 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.312 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8809 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb6u. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC.