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Magnitude5.1

Reviewed by USGSAlbania59y ago

M5.1 earthquake 13 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania

Friday, December 29, 1967, 19:49:21 UTC · 41.310°N, 20.292°E

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania on Friday, December 29, 1967, 19:49:21 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.3 on December 19, 1967.

Magnitude
5.1
Moderate · mw
Depth
15 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

607 tons of TNT

That is about 1/25 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

306 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.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 75 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 168 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 251 km E of this epicenter
  2. 6.86 km W of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 241 km E of this epicenter
  3. 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 23 km E of this epicenter
  4. 6.77 km NE of Anávra, GreeceApril 30, 1954 · 281 km SE of this epicenter
  5. 6.73 km SW of Kuklis, North MacedoniaMarch 8, 1931 · 196 km E of this epicenter
  6. 6.617 km NNW of Bilisht, AlbaniaFebruary 18, 1911 · 79 km SE of this epicenter
  7. 6.59 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroJune 1, 1905 · 123 km NW of this epicenter
  8. 6.419 km WNW of Préveza, GreeceJune 30, 1948 · 258 km S of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 78 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 4,610 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1851M6.6

    Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey

    12 Oct 1851 · 103 km away · intensity XI

    2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami

  2. 1963M6.0

    Macedonia: Skopje

    26 Jul 1963 · 121 km away · intensity X

    1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage

  3. 1851

    Berat

    17 Oct 1851 · 103 km away · intensity X

    400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  4. 1920M6.2

    Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj

    26 Nov 1920 · 126 km away · intensity XI

    200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  5. 1905M6.6

    Shkoder

    1 Jun 1905 · 105 km away · intensity X

    120 deaths$24 million damage

  6. 1786

    Corfu (Kerkira)

    5 Feb 1786 · 184 km away

    120 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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