January 28, 1931 Earthquake: Korce, Albania

Date

January 28, 1931

Time

05:55:00 UTC

Place

Korce, Albania

Magnitude

5.8

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.600° N, 20.800° E

Country

Albania

Deaths

90

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.

• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · 94 km
• July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM6 · 1,070 deaths · $1 billion · 172 km
• October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania400 deaths · 94 km
• November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, AlbaniaM6.2 · 200 deaths · 81 km
• February 5, 1786, Corfu (Kerkira), Greece120 deaths · 131 km
• June 1, 1905, Shkoder, AlbaniaM6.6 · 120 deaths · $23.8 million · 195 km
• May 13, 1895, Margarition-Filiates (Thesprotia), GreeceM6.3 · 80 deaths · 150 houses destroyed · 125 km
• January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, AlbaniaM6.6 · 60 deaths · 112 km
• March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania60 deaths · 12 houses destroyed · 131 km
• January 19, 1825, Leukas, Ionian Islands, GreeceM6.5 · 60 deaths · 197 km
• November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, AlbaniaM6.4 · 51 deaths · $1.1 billion · 11,000 houses destroyed · 146 km
• August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, AlbaniaM6 · 43 deaths · 127 km
• November 11, 1704, GreeceM6.2 · 43 deaths · 198 km
• November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, AlbaniaM6 · 35 deaths · 980 houses destroyed · 110 km
• April 30, 1954, Sophades (Karditsa), GreeceM6.7 · 31 deaths · $3.2 million · 192 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 3446.