Albania earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 25 km WSW of Himarë, Albania

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Himarë, Albania on Mon, Aug 7, 2006, 4:00 PM GMT+2 (14:00 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 9 km N of Himarë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-07 14:00:07 UTC
Depth
16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.974° N, 19.492° 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 usp000eqed. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Station coverage gap
173°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.57 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7361 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.8Albania · 7361 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.112 km SW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7361 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 3.54 km NNW of Roskovec, Albania · 7361 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.513 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7360 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.511 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.517 km NW of Acharávi, Greece · 7360 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.89 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 3.226 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.37 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 3.416 km SE of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.32 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.213 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 3.516 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 3.425 km SW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7359 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.922 km SW of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 3.716 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.513 km SSW of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.46 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.62 km E of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 3.510 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 3.510 km ENE of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 3.817 km S of Orikum, Albania · 7358 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 3.321 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 3.64 km NE of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 3.313 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 3.55 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7357 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 3.39 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7356 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 3.420 km SSW of Orikum, Albania · 7356 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 3.34 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7356 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 3.36 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7355 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 3.69 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7354 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 3.33 km W of Kalpáki, Greece · 7353 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 3.19 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7352 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 3.710 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7352 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 3.64 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7351 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 4.23 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 3.92 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 3.8Albania · 7350 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 3.618 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7350 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 3.68 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7347 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 3.411 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7343 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 3.41 km E of Himarë, Albania · 7341 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 3.415 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7336 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.116 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 7336 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 4.46 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 3.522 km WNW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7335 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 4.114 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 3.216 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 3.89 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 3.610 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 3.021 km S of Orikum, Albania · 7334 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 3.226 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7330 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 3.340 km WSW of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7328 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 3.418 km W of Orikum, Albania · 7327 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 3.614 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7325 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 3.313 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7325 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7320 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.913 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7312 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 3.417 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7361 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.66 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7362 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.49 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7362 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.914 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7362 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.44 km S of Himarë, Albania · 7362 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 3.316 km SE of Orikum, Albania · 7362 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.320 km SSW of Orikum, Albania · 7362 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.86 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7362 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.619 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7363 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.828 km W of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7376 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.510 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7381 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.90 km W of Delvinë, Albania · 7385 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eqed. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC.