Albania earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 6 km N of Himarë, Albania

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 6 km N of Himarë, Albania on Sun, Aug 6, 2006, 9:49 AM GMT+2 (07:49 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Aug 6, 2006, 9:49 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2006-08-06 07:49:46 UTC
Depth: 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.163° N, 19.735° E
Region: Albania
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Ioannina and on Corfu, Greece.

From the USGS event page for usp000eqbe. 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 20°, dip 44°, rake 146°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 136°, dip 67°, rake 51°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 36°
Stations used: 337

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 80.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eqbe (also filed as gcmtc200608060749a, gcmt20060806074946). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.