M2.5 earthquake Albania
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Albania on Sun, Aug 24, 2003, 4:19 PM GMT+2 (14:19 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 1 km NNE of Mislesevo, North Macedonia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-24 14:19:29 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.953° N, 19.684° E
- Region
- Albania
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000c5tx. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 322°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.39 km NE of Rrëshen, Albania · 8438 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Shëngjin, Albania · 8420 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Cërrik, Albania · 8408 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Kavajë, Albania · 8408 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.84 km N of Klos, Albania · 8404 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.36 km N of Klos, Albania · 8404 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Ballsh, Albania · 8399 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Peqin, Albania · 8395 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.44 km N of Klos, Albania · 8389 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.01 km NNE of Mislesevo, North Macedonia · 8382 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c5tx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:08 AM UTC.