M3.5 earthquake 8 km E of Himarë, Albania
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km E of Himarë, Albania on Mon, May 5, 2003, 7:33 AM GMT+2 (05:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 5 km E of Parapótamos, Greece. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-05 05:33:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.090° N, 19.840° 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 usp000bwn7. 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
- 256°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.41 km SSW of Vlorë, Albania · 8553 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.55 km ENE of Parapótamos, Greece · 8548 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Kónitsa, Greece · 8540 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.31 km NNE of Poliçan, Albania · 8538 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.014 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 8531 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.55 km E of Parapótamos, Greece · 8530 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.75 km W of Paramythiá, Greece · 8530 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.918 km NE of Filiátes, Greece · 8529 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Parapótamos, Greece · 8527 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.015 km NNE of Filiátes, Greece · 8523 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8523 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.118 km W of Rodotópi, Greece · 8523 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.18 km NW of Banaj, Albania · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.921 km S of Orikum, Albania · 8512 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.826 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.620 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 8512 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.44 km NNW of Eleoúsa, Greece · 8509 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.116 km WNW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8506 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.25 km SE of Parapótamos, Greece · 8505 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.15 km ENE of Kalpáki, Greece · 8501 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.810 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece · 8501 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.313 km NNW of Ersekë, Albania · 8500 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.012 km N of Himarë, Albania · 8497 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.120 km WSW of Kalpáki, Greece · 8495 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 2.56 km W of Lushnjë, Albania · 8556 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Roskovec, Albania · 8558 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.96 km S of Paramythiá, Greece · 8558 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.64 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 8573 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.29 km ENE of Platariá, Greece · 8574 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.315 km NNE of Konispol, Albania · 8576 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.511 km S of Cërrik, Albania · 8579 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.05 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 8582 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwn7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC.