Albania earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 13 km WNW of Himarë, Albania

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Himarë, Albania on Fri, Aug 11, 2006, 6:39 AM GMT+2 (04:39 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 6 km NW of Himarë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-11 04:39:37 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.130° N, 19.590° 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 usp000eqpr. 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
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.55 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7356 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.39 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7356 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.420 km SSW of Orikum, Albania · 7356 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.34 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7355 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 3.36 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7355 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.69 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7353 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.33 km W of Kalpáki, Greece · 7352 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.19 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7352 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.710 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7351 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.64 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7351 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.23 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.92 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 3.8Albania · 7350 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.618 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7350 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.68 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7347 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 3.411 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7343 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 3.41 km E of Himarë, Albania · 7341 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.415 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7336 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 4.116 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.46 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 3.522 km WNW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7335 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 4.114 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 3.216 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.65 km ENE of Lushnjë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 3.89 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 3.610 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 3.021 km S of Orikum, Albania · 7333 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 3.226 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7330 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 3.340 km WSW of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7327 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 3.418 km W of Orikum, Albania · 7326 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 3.614 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7324 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 3.313 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7324 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7319 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.913 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7312 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 3.312 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 7308 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 3.75 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7308 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 3.415 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7307 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 3.315 km SE of Orikum, Albania · 7307 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 3.21 km NNE of Orikum, Albania · 7305 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 3.717 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7304 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 3.718 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7300 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 3.64 km NE of Himarë, Albania · 7357 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 3.321 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7357 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 3.817 km S of Orikum, Albania · 7358 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 3.510 km ENE of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.510 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.62 km E of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.46 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7358 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.513 km SSW of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.716 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.922 km SW of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 3.425 km SW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7359 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.516 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7359 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 4.213 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.32 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 3.416 km SE of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.37 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 3.226 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 4.89 km N of Himarë, Albania · 7359 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 3.517 km NW of Acharávi, Greece · 7360 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 3.511 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7360 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eqpr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.