M2.8 earthquake 14 km E of Gramsh, Albania
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 14 km E of Gramsh, Albania on Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 2:21 AM GMT+2 (00:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km SSE of Bilisht, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-31 00:21:07 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.871° N, 20.352° 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 usp000c3rw. 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
- 179°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.312 km ENE of Kavajë, Albania · 8465 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.04 km SSE of Bilisht, Albania · 8443 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5Albania · 8442 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Cërrik, Albania · 8411 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Kavajë, Albania · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.84 km N of Klos, Albania · 8408 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.36 km N of Klos, Albania · 8407 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 2.310 km ENE of Tirana, Albania · 8469 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.915 km ENE of Krrabë, Albania · 8470 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Peshkopi, Albania · 8473 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.88 km WNW of Peshkopi, Albania · 8473 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Ammochóri, Greece · 8475 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.211 km ESE of Bistrica, North Macedonia · 8475 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.69 km S of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8487 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Pogradec, Albania · 8490 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.48 km WNW of Durrës, Albania · 8492 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c3rw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.