Case Details

Just 9 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Tirana, Tirana District, Albania. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Sunday, January 14th, 2024, at 12:17 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 54 km below the surface.

The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, the first seismological agency to report it

A second report was later issued by the National Observatory of Athens NOA, which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre EMSC at magnitude 4.6, and The Seismological Survey of Serbia SSS at magnitude 4.6

Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.

Weak shaking might have been felt in Lushnje pop. 41,500 located 5 km from the epicenter, Kavajë pop. 29,400 25 km away, Petrolia pop. 18,200 29 km away, Fier pop. 56,300 30 km away, and Patos pop. 60,000 33 km away.

Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Patos Fshat pop. 22,700 located 38 km from the epicenter, Tirana pop. 374,800 41 km away, Durres pop. 122,000 42 km away, Kruje pop. 21,300 60 km away, and Latsch pop. 24,800 73 km away.

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