List of earthquakes in Albania
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Albania.
Date | Location | Mag. | Depth | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Notes | Ref |
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2019-11-26 | Mamurras, Durrës | 6.4 Mw | 20.0 | VIII | 51 | 3,000+ | Widespread damage | |
2019-09-21 | Shijak, Durrës | 5.6 Mw | 10.0 | VIII | 108 | [1] | ||
2019-06-01 | Korçë | 5.2 Mw | 10.0 | V | 5 | More than 100 house were damaged | [2][3] | |
2018-08-11 | Dibër | 5.1 Mw | 10.0 | V | 67 Homes were damaged | [4] | ||
1988-01-09 | Tirana | 5.9 Mw | 24.0 | VII | Some | 188 Buildings were damaged | [5] | |
1982-11-16 | Fier | 5.6 Mw | 21.0 | V | 1 | 12 | Extensive damage | [6] |
1979-04-15 | Bar, Lezhë, Shkodër | 6.9 Mw | 10.0 | X | 136 | 1,000+ | 35 fatalities in Albania | [7][8] |
1967-11-30 | Dibër | 6.7 Mw | 20.0 | X | 18 | [9][10] | ||
1962-03-18 | Fier | 6.1 Mw | 26.4 | VII | 5 | 77 | 1,000 houses collapsed. | [11] |
1960-05-26 | Korce | 6.2 Mw | 20.0 | VII | 7 | 127 | [12] | |
1959-09-01 | Fier | 6.2 Mw | 20.0 | X | 2 | [13] | ||
1948-08-27 | Shkodër | 5.5 Mw | VIII | 1 | 27 | Serious damage reported in Trush. | ||
1942-08-27 | Diber | 6.0 | 33.0 | 43 | 110 | [14] | ||
1930-12-02 | Vlore | 5.0 | 4.0 | IX | 25 | [15] | ||
1930-11-21 | Vlore | 6.0 Mw | 35.0 | IX | 35 | 108 | 980 Homes were destroyed | [16][17] |
1920-11-26 | Gjirokastër, Tepelenë | 6.2 Mw | 25.0 | XI | 200 | Severe damaged | [18] | |
1919-12-22 | Leskovik, Konicë | 6.1 | VIII | Many houses collapsed | ||||
1911-02-18 | Korçë, Lake Ohrid | 6.7 | IX | Many | Serious damage in the region around Lake Ohrid | [19] | ||
1905-06-01 | Shkodër | 6.6 | IX | 200 | 500 | Major damaged | [19] | |
1893-06-14 | Himara | IX | All buildings destroyed | [19] | ||||
1855 July - August | Shkodër County | VIII | Destruction of Bushat, Juban, Kozmac and Vau Dejes villages | [19] | ||||
1851-10-17 | Berat | IX | 400 | 400 soldiers were buried under the partially collapsed town fortress | [19] | |||
1851-10-12 | Vlorë | IX | 200 | [19] | ||||
1273-07-14 | Durrës | Many | [20] | |||||
1267 July | Durrës | The earthquake lasted for quite some time until nothing was left standing | [21] |
See also[]
- Geology of Albania
- List of earthquakes in Greece
- List of earthquakes in Croatia
- List of earthquakes in Italy
- List of earthquakes in 2019
References[]
- ^ "108 injured as earthquakes rattle Albanian capital and coast". english.republika.mk. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Quakes in Albania damage some homes, 5 reported injured". ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "Earthquake Rattles Albania, Injuring 4, Damaging Dozens of Homes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "M 5.1 - 10km E of Burrel, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ^ "M 5.9 - 9 km NE of Kavajë, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "M 5.6 - 11 km SW of Lushnjë, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "M 6.9 - Montenegro". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ "Zemljotres od 15. aprila 1979. godine" (in Montenegrin). Seismological Observatory of Montenegro (Seizmološki Zavod Crne Gore). 2010-04-16. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "M 6.7 - Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ "Significant Earthquake". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ "M 6.1 - 4 km N of Patos, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "M 6.2 - 11 km SSW of Maliq, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "M 6.2 - 9 km E of Lushnjë, Albania". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "Significant Earthquake ALBANIA: PESHKOPIA, MAGELLARE". National Geophysical Data Center. August 27, 1942. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: VLORE, TEPELENE". National Geophysical Data Center. December 2, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "On-Line Bulletin". International Seismological Centre. November 21, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: VLORE, HIMARE, KUC". National Geophysical Data Center. November 21, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: TEPELENE, DRAGOTI, PESHTANI, MARICAJ". United States Geological Survey. 26 November 1920. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Aliaj, S.; Koçiu, S.; Muço, B.; Sulstarova, E. (2010). "Seismicity, Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard in Albania". pp. 5–8.
- ^ "14 July 1273, Durrës was hit by a powerful apocalyptic earthquake". www.qkmsh.al. July 14, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Georgii Pachymeris: Relationes historicae, Bonn (1835), V. 7, p. 456-461. Translated by Robert Elsie. First published in R. Elsie: Early Albania, a Reader of Historical Texts, 11th - 17th Centuries, Wiesbaden 2003, p. 12-13.
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