List of earthquakes in Albania

This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Albania:

Date	Location	Mag.	Depth	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Notes	Ref
2024-01-13	Lushnjë, Fier County	4.4 Mw	10.0	VI	1			[1]
2022-01-14	Fushë-Arrëz, Shkoder	4.3 Mw	10.0	VI			Minor damage	[2][3]
2021-10-29	Bulqizë, Dibër	4.7 Mw	10.0	VI			16 houses damaged	[4][5][6]
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	VII		108		[7]
2019-06-01	Korçë	5.2 Mw	10.0	V		5	More than 100 houses damaged	[8][9]
2018-08-11	Dibër	5.1 Mw	10.0	V			67 homes were damaged	[10]
2007-04-16	Elbasan	4.5 Mw	13.7	V			Minor damage	[11]
2006-06-13	Gjirokaster	4.5 Mw	10.0	V		1	Minor damage	[12]
1988-01-09	Tirana	5.9 Mw	24.0	VII		Some	188 buildings were damaged	[13]
1985-11-21	Lezhe	5.5 Mw	24.6	VI			Minor damage	[14]
1982-11-16	Fier	5.6 Mw	21.0	VIII	1	12	Extensive damage	[15]
1979-04-15	Bar, Lezhë, Shkodër	6.9 Mw	10.0	X	136	1,000+	35 fatalities in Albania	[16][17]
1967-11-30	Dibër	6.7 Mw	20.0	X	18			[18][19]
1962-03-18	Fier	6.1 Mw	26.4	VII	5	77	1,000 houses collapsed.	[20]
1960-05-26	Korce	6.2 Mw	20.0	VII	7	127		[21]
1959-09-01	Fier	6.2 Mw	20.0	X	2			[22]
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		[23]
1930-12-02	Vlore	5.0	4.0	IX	25			[24]
1930-11-21	Vlore	6.0 Mw	35.0	IX	35	108	980 Homes were destroyed	[25][26]
1920-11-26	Gjirokastër, Tepelenë	6.2 Mw	25.0	XI	200		Severe damaged	[27]
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	[28]
1905-06-01	Shkodër	6.6		IX	200	500	Major damaged	[28]
1893-06-14	Himara			IX			All buildings destroyed	[28]
1855 July – August	Shkodër County			VIII			Destruction of Bushat, Juban, Kozmac and Vau Dejes villages	[28]
1851-10-17	Berat			IX	400		400 soldiers were buried under the partially collapsed town fortress	[28]
1851-10-12	Vlorë			IX	200			[28]
1743-02-20	Salento	7.1 Mw		X	180–300		Destructive tsunami affecting Albanian coastline.
1273-07-14	Durrës				Many			[29]
1267 July	Durrës						The earthquake lasted for quite some time until nothing was left standing	[30]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

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

1. National Earthquake Information Center. "M 4.4 – 1 km SSW of Peqin, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
2. "M 4.3 – 4 km SE of Fushë-Arrëz, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
3. "Tërmeti në Pukë/ Plasariten muret e spitalit, dëme në disa pallate". flashnews.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
4. "M 4.7 – 9 km ENE of Bulqizë, Albania". United States Geological Survey.
5. "Strong earthquake recorded in Albania". perild.com.
6. "Tremors Rock North Eastern Albania Causing Damage to Buildings". exit.al.
7. "108 injured as earthquakes rattle Albanian capital and coast". english.republika.mk. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
8. "Quakes in Albania damage some homes, 5 reported injured". ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
9. "Earthquake Rattles Albania, Injuring 4, Damaging Dozens of Homes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
10. "M 5.1 – 10 km E of Burrel, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
11. "M 4.5 – 7 km SW of Krrabë, Albania". United States Geological Survey.
12. "M 4.5 – 5 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania". United States Geological Survey.
13. "M 5.9 – 9 km NE of Kavajë, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
14. "M 5.5 – 21 km SW of Shëngjin, Albania". United States Geological Survey.
15. "M 5.6 – 11 km SW of Lushnjë, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
16. "M 6.9 – Montenegro". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
17. "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.
18. "M 6.7 – Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
19. "Significant Earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
20. "M 6.1 – 4 km N of Patos, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
21. "M 6.2 – 11 km SSW of Maliq, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
22. "M 6.2 – 9 km E of Lushnjë, Albania". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
23. "Significant Earthquake ALBANIA: PESHKOPIA, MAGELLARE". National Geophysical Data Center. August 27, 1942. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
24. "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: VLORE, TEPELENE". National Geophysical Data Center. December 2, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
25. "On-Line Bulletin". International Seismological Centre. November 21, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
26. "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: VLORE, HIMARE, KUC". National Geophysical Data Center. November 21, 1930. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
27. "Significant Earthquake: ALBANIA: TEPELENE, DRAGOTI, PESHTANI, MARICAJ". United States Geological Survey. 26 November 1920. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
28. Aliaj, S.; Koçiu, S.; Muço, B.; Sulstarova, E. (2010). "Seismicity, Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard in Albania". pp. 5–8.
29. "14 July 1273, Durrës was hit by a powerful apocalyptic earthquake". qkmsh.al. July 14, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
30. 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.