M2.1 earthquake 10 km SSW of Prizren, Kosovo
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Prizren, Kosovo on Wed, Sep 18, 2002, 6:40 AM GMT+2 (04:40 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-18 04:40:53 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.127° N, 20.695° E
- Region
- Kosovo
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8776 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Koplik, Albania · 8772 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Kukës, Albania · 8764 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Junik, Kosovo · 8762 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8753 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Bulqizë, Albania · 8750 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8749 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.124 km SSE of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8747 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Plav, Montenegro · 8746 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro · 8745 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.210 km NE of Koplik, Albania · 8741 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8737 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Zajas, North Macedonia · 8733 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.721 km S of Kukës, Albania · 8728 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Koplik, Albania · 8722 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.79 km ESE of Partesh, Kosovo · 8785 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Koplik, Albania · 8785 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8789 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.46 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8790 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.112 km NE of Shëngjin, Albania · 8792 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.111 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Ranilug, Kosovo · 8800 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Glogovac, Kosovo · 8803 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8806 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.713 km W of Pukë, Albania · 8806 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Vukatanë, Albania · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcjs. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.