Albania earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 11 km NW of Himarë, Albania

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Himarë, Albania on Fri, May 19, 2006, 6:33 AM GMT+2 (04:33 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 5 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-19 04:33:29 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.160° N, 19.640° 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 usp000ehff. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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How well it is located

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Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.46 km W of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7437 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.54 km SW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7430 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.41 km WNW of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7428 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.26 km W of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7426 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.211 km E of Filiátes, Greece · 7425 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.09 km NW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7422 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.615 km W of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7421 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.87 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7420 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.613 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7419 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.55 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 7416 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.47 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania · 7415 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.25 km NNE of Kónitsa, Greece · 7412 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.38 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7411 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 3.33 km W of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7409 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.25 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7408 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.736 km NW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7401 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.418 km SSE of Selenicë, Albania · 7397 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.90 km W of Delvinë, Albania · 7384 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 3.514 km NW of Delvinë, Albania · 7443 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 3.3Albania · 7449 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.49 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7449 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.05 km SSE of Himarë, Albania · 7450 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.34 km ENE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7450 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.517 km SW of Orikum, Albania · 7450 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.416 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7451 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.44 km NW of Ksamil, Albania · 7452 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.46 km S of Himarë, Albania · 7452 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 3.413 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7453 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 3.16 km SE of Himarë, Albania · 7457 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.38 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7457 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.115 km NNW of Fier, Albania · 7458 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.817 km NE of Filiátes, Greece · 7469 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ehff. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.