M3.6 earthquake 16 km SE of Bulqizë, Albania
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Bulqizë, Albania on Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 12:02 AM GMT+1 (23:02 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km NW 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
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-25 23:02:11 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.385° N, 20.361° 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
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.54 km SSE of Peqin, Albania · 8635 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.717 km SW of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8634 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.412 km WNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8627 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.513 km N of Gramsh, Albania · 8627 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.517 km N of Peshkopi, Albania · 8626 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.03 km NNW of Fushë-Krujë, Albania · 8626 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.711 km NE of Elbasan, Albania · 8625 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Gramsh, Albania · 8625 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.310 km E of Elbasan, Albania · 8625 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Gramsh, Albania · 8624 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.212 km SW of Cërrik, Albania · 8623 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Gramsh, Albania · 8622 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.76 km SSE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8621 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8621 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.46 km S of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8621 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.312 km ESE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8620 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8614 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.410 km SSE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8613 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8613 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.313 km SE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8611 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.96 km S of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8604 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.42 km SSW of Kamëz, Albania · 8601 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.41 km NW of Poliçan, Albania · 8600 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.117 km NW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8594 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.415 km ENE of Krrabë, Albania · 8594 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.917 km NE of Krrabë, Albania · 8594 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.79 km SSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8592 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Elbasan, Albania · 8590 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 2.38 km WNW of Labunista, North Macedonia · 8653 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.11 km SSE of Rrogozhinë, Albania · 8656 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.44 km W of Kamëz, Albania · 8657 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.211 km W of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8659 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.416 km WSW of Poliçan, Albania · 8660 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Kuçovë, Albania · 8663 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.45 km NNE of Krrabë, Albania · 8670 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.510 km ESE of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8672 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Rrëshen, Albania · 8674 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bp63. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.