M2.8 earthquake 16 km ESE of Elbasan, Albania
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Elbasan, Albania on Tue, May 25, 2004, 2:47 AM GMT+2 (00:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 11 km N of Memaliaj, 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
- 2004-05-25 00:47:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.036° N, 20.256° 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 usp000cw4s. 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
- 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.010 km SSE of Cërrik, Albania · 8165 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Cërrik, Albania · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8164 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.514 km N of Gramsh, Albania · 8163 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.711 km NNW of Bilisht, Albania · 8154 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8147 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lushnjë, Albania · 8146 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Bulqizë, Albania · 8142 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.26 km SSE of Krrabë, Albania · 8139 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Peqin, Albania · 8139 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8138 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.52 km ESE of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 8138 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Kamëz, Albania · 8131 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.311 km N of Memaliaj, Albania · 8130 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.410 km N of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8129 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.44 km E of Krrabë, Albania · 8128 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8126 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Klos, Albania · 8126 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.512 km W of Memaliaj, Albania · 8120 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95 km N of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8119 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.310 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 8117 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.513 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 8117 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.63 km S of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8165 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.77 km W of Elbasan, Albania · 8165 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Cërrik, Albania · 8165 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.61 km NNW of Cërrik, Albania · 8165 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.38 km NE of Orikum, Albania · 8169 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.02 km NNW of Tirana, Albania · 8169 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.86 km NNW of Roskovec, Albania · 8169 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.211 km ENE of Burrel, Albania · 8169 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Kurbnesh, Albania · 8180 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.5Albania-Macedonia border region · 8187 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania · 8187 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cw4s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:32 PM UTC.