M 4.5 in Albania on 26 Jul 2020 14:16 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1227706
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.9526 , 19.7141
Event Date: 26 Jul 2020 14:16 UTC
26 Jul 2020 16:16 Local
Exposed Population:
2670000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2020 15:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Albania)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Albania= 4.2; The Republic of North Macedonia= 3.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us6000b4e8 Scaled population (vector) 6.73  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 16 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Swiss and Albanian Governments Sign Agreement for 1.3 mln Euro to Supp ... Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:31:00 +0200.

A new grant from Switzerland will benefit housing rehabilitation for families affected by the earthquake in Shijak and Kurbin. The Minister of State for Reconstruction Arben Ahmetaj and Swiss Ambassador Adrian Maitre signed today an agreeme
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MP Valteri Accuses Govt of Not Caring for AlbaniansWed, 29 Jul 2020 13:30:00 +0200.

The Renaissance government has taken Albania near collapse, the economy is in its worst days and the citizens want to leave their homeland more than ever, the Opposition MP Halit Valteri declared Wednesday. During the parliamentary session,
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Albania’s War on ‘Fear Mongers’ Leaves Rights Activists UneasyWed, 29 Jul 2020 08:18:00 +0200.

Albania’s police have been busy accusing journalists and citizens of ‘spreading panic’ about last year’s quakes and the coronavirus – which many suspect is deliberate intimidation of the media.
1 Swiss and Austrian Cooperation Announce New Grants for Municipalitie ... Sun, 26 Jul 2020 11:54:00 +0200.

A 2,000,000 Euro grant fund will support 11 municipalities in Albania to recover from damages after the earthquake of 26 November 2019 Through the joint Swiss-Austrian Regional Development Programme a new grant scheme became operational tod
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),