July 10, 2005 Earthquake: Tropoje, Albania
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Tropoje, Albania on July 10, 2005 at 13:10:12 UTC, 4 km below the surface.
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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
- July 10, 2005
- Time
- 13:10:12 UTC
- Place
- Tropoje, Albania
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 4 km (2 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.389° N, 19.812° E
- Country
- Albania
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
Several houses damaged in Tropoje. Felt (VI) at
Andrijevica, Gusinje, Plav and Podgorica, Serbia and
Montenegro. Felt (IV) in the Skopje area, Macedonia.
Felt in northeast Albania; in Puglia, Italy; and at
Dubrovnik, Croatia. Also felt in Kosovo. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- April 15, 1979, Montenegro, Balkans NW
- June 1, 1905, Shkoder, Albania
- November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania
- August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, Albania
- November 30, 1967, Albania
- March 18, 1962, Albania
- February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- September 1, 1959, Albania
- November 3, 2010, Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NW
- November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NW
- April 24, 2002, N, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balkans NW, Serbia
- April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- January 13, 2024, Lushnje, 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 6759.