Albania earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 10 km WSW of Himarë, Albania

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Himarë, Albania on Sun, Sep 3, 2006, 6:15 PM GMT+2 (16:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km NNE of Himarë, Albania. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-09-03 16:15:04 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.057° 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 usp000esdc. 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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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.021 km S of Orikum, Albania · 7334 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 3.25 km NE of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7333 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.43 km E of Asprángeloi, Greece · 7332 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.226 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7330 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.340 km WSW of Ágios Matthaíos, Greece · 7328 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.418 km W of Orikum, Albania · 7327 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 3.614 km WSW of Himarë, Albania · 7325 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 3.313 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7324 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 3.27 km S of Perivóli, Greece · 7320 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.34 km WNW of Delvinë, Albania · 7319 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 3.310 km NNE of Paramythiá, Greece · 7319 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.913 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7312 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.312 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 7308 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 3.75 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7308 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.415 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7307 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 3.315 km SE of Orikum, Albania · 7307 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 3.21 km NNE of Orikum, Albania · 7305 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.717 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7304 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 3.718 km SW of Himarë, Albania · 7300 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.36 km W of Paramythiá, Greece · 7295 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.50 km S of Ksamil, Albania · 7281 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 3.33 km ENE of Banaj, Albania · 7275 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.72 km NW of Ura Vajgurore, Albania · 7275 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 3.89 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.216 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7334 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.114 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.522 km WNW of Agios Georgis, Greece · 7335 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.46 km NW of Himarë, Albania · 7335 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.116 km NNW of Himarë, Albania · 7336 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.415 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7336 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.41 km E of Himarë, Albania · 7341 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.411 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7343 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.68 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7347 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.618 km SSE of Orikum, Albania · 7350 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 3.8Albania · 7350 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.92 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.23 km WNW of Himarë, Albania · 7350 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 3.64 km NNE of Himarë, Albania · 7351 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 3.710 km ESE of Himarë, Albania · 7352 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 3.19 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7352 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.33 km W of Kalpáki, Greece · 7353 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 3.69 km W of Himarë, Albania · 7354 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.36 km SSW of Himarë, Albania · 7355 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esdc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.