Albania earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 21 km NE of Çorovodë, Albania

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Çorovodë, Albania on Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 3:32 AM GMT+2 (01:32 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 3:32 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2004-04-07 01:32:30 UTC
Depth: 68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.666° N, 20.375° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 123°, dip 26°, rake -113°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 328°, dip 66°, rake -79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 24°
Stations used: 367

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crw3 (also filed as gcmtc040704a, gcmt20040407013230, iscgem7326982). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.