Overall Orange Earthquake in Albania on 21 Sep 2019 14:04 UTC

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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

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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.

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