Reported by EMSC1d ago
M2.0 earthquake in Albania
Friday, September 25, 2026, 16:32:08 UTC · 40.826°N, 20.791°E
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Albania on Friday, September 25, 2026, 16:32:08 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.0
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency IGEO
- Nearest tracker
- 33 km
- from Ohrid
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
15 kg of TNT
That is about 1/998,483 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 31,623 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
262 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian 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 455 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 230 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 193 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.97 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, GreeceSeptember 26, 1932 · 256 km E of this epicenter
- 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 222 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 294 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 66 km N of this epicenter
- 6.77 km NE of Anávra, GreeceApril 30, 1954 · 213 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.73 km SW of Kuklis, North MacedoniaMarch 8, 1931 · 167 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 157 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 6,312 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 99 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 148 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1953M7.2
Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)
12 Aug 1953 · 281 km away · intensity X
476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 99 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1767M6.7
Kefalonia
11 Jul 1767 · 286 km away · intensity X
303 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1867M7.2
Cephalonia
4 Feb 1867 · 290 km away · intensity X
223 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.