June 14, 1893 Earthquake: Himara, Dhermi, Kuc, Kudhesi, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Himara, Dhermi, Kuc, Kudhesi, Vlore, Kanina, Albania on June 14, 1893. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 14, 1893
- Place
- Himara, Dhermi, Kuc, Kudhesi, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- Magnitude
- 7.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 40.200° N, 19.700° E
- Country
- Albania
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1099 lists earthquake on June 14, 1893, 40.2 N, 19.7 E, magnitude 7.5, intensity XI. "A great catastrophe", highest intensities (I = XI?) at Himare, Dhermi, Kuc, Kudhesi, (I= X?) at Vlore, Kanino, Narta and Smokhtine (I = IX?), high tsunami in the bay of Vlore, felt in Puglia.
Reference #1093 lists earthquake on June 14, 1893, intensity IX-X at Himara.
Reference #1109 lists earthquake on June 14, 1893, intensity XI at Himara, Dhermi, Kuc, and Kudhesi.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, Albania
- October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania
- November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania
- February 5, 1786, Corfu (Kerkira), Greece
- January 28, 1931, Korce, Albania
- May 13, 1895, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia), Greece
- January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania
- January 19, 1825, Leukas, Ionian Islands, Greece
- March 23, 1783, Lefkada, Greece
- November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania
- November 11, 1704, Greece
- August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, Albania
- November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, Albania
- December 2, 1930, Vlore, Tepelene, Albania
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2429.