Reported by EMSC3d ago
M2.2 earthquake in Albania
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 19:19:04 UTC · 40.061°N, 19.857°E
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Albania on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 19:19:04 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.2
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency IGEO
- Nearest tracker
- 55 km
- from Vlore
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
30 kg of TNT
That is about 1/500,427 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 15,849 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
172 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and African plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 529 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.026 km SW of Lixoúri, GreeceJanuary 17, 1983 · 229 km S of this epicenter
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 233 km N of this epicenter
- 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 229 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.86 km SW of Galaxídhion, GreeceMarch 31, 1965 · 286 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.832 km SW of Lithakiá, GreeceOctober 25, 2018 · 289 km S of this epicenter
- 6.7Ionian SeaNovember 15, 1959 · 254 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 158 km N of this epicenter
- 6.77 km NE of Anávra, GreeceApril 30, 1954 · 218 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 177 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7,466 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 51 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 257 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1836
Rossano,Crosia,Craco,Basilicata
24 Apr 1836 · 283 km away · intensity XI
589 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1953M7.2
Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)
12 Aug 1953 · 212 km away · intensity X
476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 51 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1820M6.9
Zakinthos (Zante)
29 Dec 1820 · 284 km away · intensity X
388 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.