June 1, 1905 Earthquake: Shkoder, Albania

Date

June 1, 1905

Time

04:42 UTC

Place

Shkoder, Albania

Magnitude

6.6

Focal depth

20 km (12 mi)

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.100° N, 19.600° E

Country

Albania

Deaths

120

Damage

$23.8 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.

• April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NWM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · 135 km
• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 178 km
• July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM6 · 1,070 deaths · $1 billion · 140 km
• October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania400 deaths · 178 km
• April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NWM6.9 · 131 deaths · $2.7 billion · 32 km
• January 28, 1931, Korce, AlbaniaM5.8 · 90 deaths · 195 km
• January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, AlbaniaM6.6 · 60 deaths · 189 km
• November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, AlbaniaM6.4 · 51 deaths · $1.1 billion · 11,000 houses destroyed · 64 km
• August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, AlbaniaM6 · 43 deaths · 80 km
• November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, AlbaniaM6 · 35 deaths · 980 houses destroyed · 178 km
• November 30, 1967, AlbaniaM6.5 · 18 deaths · $20 million · 100 km
• March 18, 1962, AlbaniaM6 · 15 deaths · 134 km
• February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM4.7 · 12 deaths · $500,000 · 161 km
• September 1, 1959, AlbaniaM6.1 · 2 deaths · 134 km
• November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $38.6 million · 25 km

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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 2715.