M 5.6 in Albania on 21 Sep 2019 14:04 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1188263
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000114-ALB
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.3807 , 19.4543
Event Date: 21 Sep 2019 14:04 UTC
21 Sep 2019 16:04 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
220 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2019 16:08 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
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
us60005lrf Scaled population (raster) 4.46  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Albania - Earthquake (ECHO 23 Sep 2019)Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:08

  • Following the earthquake of magnitude 5.6 that occurred in Durres County (central coastal Albania), on 21 September, damage has been reported across central Albania. After the main event, at least 30 aftershocks have been felt in the area.
  • As of 23 September, there are at least 80 people injured, while approximately 375 buildings have been reportedly damaged (187 in Tirana County, 188 in Durres County). National authorities have set up evacuation camps to assist the affected population.
  • The EU Delegation in Albania is in touch with the national authorities and the ERCC continues to monitor the situation.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 167 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Feed aggregatorWed, 25 Sep 2019 04:47:00 +0200.

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Sismo de 5.8 deja al menos cuatro muertos en Pakistán (VIDEO)Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:09:00 +0200.

Al menos cuatro personas murieron y 50 resultaron heridas este martes en un terremoto de magnitud 5.8 grados en la escala de Richter en la Cachemira controlada por que sacudió además parte del país y provocó grietas en las carreteras y derr
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Feed aggregatorTue, 24 Sep 2019 04:57:00 +0200.

Tropical Cyclone TAPAH passed over the Japan Sea between northern Kyushu (Japan) and southern South Korea on 22 September as a Tropical Storm. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), on 23 September at 0.00 UTC, its centre was l
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Al menos 108 heridos por los terremotos que sacuden la capital y la co ... Tue, 24 Sep 2019 04:32:00 +0200.

Dos mujeres se abrazan en Tirana tras comprobar los daños causados por el terremoto. / AFP El ministerio de Defensa ha explicado que la magnitud de este sismo, de 5,8, la más fuerte registrada en el país balcánico en décadas Al menos 108 p
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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02/Oct/2019 05:24 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),