Significant Earthquakes in Albania
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Albania, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Albania with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 56
- Deaths counted
- 3,133
- Earliest
- 58 BC
The deadliest
- October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, Albania
- October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania
- November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania
- June 1, 1905, Shkoder, Albania
- January 28, 1931, Korce, Albania
- January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania
- November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania
- August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, Albania
- November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, Albania
- December 2, 1930, Vlore, Tepelene, Albania
- November 30, 1967, Albania
- March 18, 1962, Albania
- September 20, 1858, Corfu, Delvinon, Berati, Greece, Albania
- September 1, 1959, Albania
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- January 13, 2024, Lushnje, Albania
- November 26, 2019, Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania
- September 21, 2019, Durres, Albania
- June 1, 2019, Korce, Albania
- May 19, 2014, Belsh, Albania
- April 16, 2007, Tirana, Albania
- June 13, 2006, Tepelene, Albania
- July 10, 2005, Tropoje, Albania
- September 30, 1998, Kukes, Peshkopi, Albania
- January 12, 1997, Berat, Ura Vajgurore, Gramsh, Cerrik, Albania
- January 9, 1988, Tirana, Ulcinj-Bar, Albania
- April 3, 1969, Southern, Albania
- November 30, 1967, Albania
- February 9, 1967, Gjirokastev, Albania
- March 18, 1962, Albania
- September 1, 1959, Albania
- August 27, 1942, Peshkopia, Magellare, Albania
- January 28, 1931, Korce, Albania
- December 2, 1930, Vlore, Tepelene, Albania
- November 21, 1930, Vlore, Himare, Kuc, Albania
- January 28, 1930, Korce, Polena, Lavdar, Moskopoje, Shipske, Albania
- December 17, 1926, Durres, Albania
- November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania
- November 18, 1911, Korce, Starove, Pogradec, Salxhijas, Albania
- August 16, 1907, Albania
- March 1, 1906, Elbasan, Albania
- June 1, 1905, Shkoder, Albania
- January 17, 1897, Albania
- August 6, 1895, Durres, Albania
- May 15, 1895, Gjirokaster, Albania
- May 13, 1895, Himara, Albania
- June 14, 1893, Himara, Dhermi, Kuc, Kudhesi, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- August 14, 1869, Vlore, Kanina, Narta, Himara, Albania
- December 4, 1866, Albania
- March 2, 1866, Smokthine, Velca, Vlore, Albania
- January 2, 1866, Narta, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- May 4, 1862, Vlore, Kanina, Narta, Albania
- April 10, 1860, Gjirokaster, Albania
- October 10, 1858, Vlore, Kanina, Albania
- September 20, 1858, Corfu, Delvinon, Berati, Greece, Albania
- July 3, 1855, Shkoder, Buchati, Zadrime, Jubani, Kosmaci, Albania
- July 30, 1854, Delvine, Suli, Gzig, Albania
- October 17, 1851, Berat, Albania
- October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, Albania
- January 20, 1851, Albania
- January 19, 1833, Vlore, Sazan, Kanina, Narta, Albania
- 1380, Albania
- September 1273, Durres, Albania
- March 1237, Albania
- 1237, Durres, Albania
- 522, Durres, Albania
- 346, Durres (Dyrrachium), Albania
- 342, Durres, Albania
- 334, Durres, Albania
- 57, Durres, Albania
- 58 BC, Dyrrachium, Albania
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.