M2.8 earthquake 16 km SW of Pogradec, Albania
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Pogradec, Albania on Sat, May 26, 2007, 11:52 AM GMT+2 (09:52 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 1 km N of Cërrik, Albania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-26 09:52:38 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.807° N, 20.504° 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 usp000fcsu. 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
- 330°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.36 km WNW of Përrenjas-Fshat, Albania · 7066 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.411 km ENE of Libohovë, Albania · 7057 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.212 km NE of Gjinkar, Albania · 7055 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7048 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7048 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.57 km ENE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7048 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Kalpáki, Greece · 7048 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.21 km N of Cërrik, Albania · 7046 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.410 km N of Kónitsa, Greece · 7046 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.110 km SW of Ersekë, Albania · 7044 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.59 km NNW of Leskovik, Albania · 7044 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.52 km SSW of Korçë, Albania · 7041 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.43 km N of Libohovë, Albania · 7038 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Kalpáki, Greece · 7036 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of Përmet, Albania · 7030 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.210 km NNW of Leskovik, Albania · 7030 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.410 km E of Libohovë, Albania · 7028 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.37 km S of Kónitsa, Greece · 7027 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.27 km WSW of Kónitsa, Greece · 7018 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.516 km S of Ohrid, North Macedonia · 7015 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 3.21 km NW of Pogradec, Albania · 7070 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.32 km E of Pogradec, Albania · 7070 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.31 km SSE of Ammochóri, Greece · 7070 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Himarë, Albania · 7082 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Peqin, Albania · 7083 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.713 km ENE of Tirana, Albania · 7085 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.310 km NNE of Bel?išta, North Macedonia · 7090 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.28 km S of Ersekë, Albania · 7096 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Xinó Neró, Greece · 7098 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.35 km N of Cërrik, Albania · 7098 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fcsu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.