Reviewed by USGSAlbania22y ago
M3.5 earthquake 10 km N of Himarë, Albania
Friday, August 6, 2004, 14:31:46 UTC · 40.197°N, 19.742°E
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 10 km N of Himarë, Albania on Friday, August 6, 2004, 14:31:46 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.5
- Minor · md
- Depth
- 10 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
3 tons of TNT
That is about 1/5,615 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 178 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
179 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
10 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
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗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 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 394 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 · 245 km S of this epicenter
- 6.96 km E of Stari Bar, MontenegroApril 15, 1979 · 216 km N of this epicenter
- 6.815 km ENE of Póros, GreeceAugust 12, 1953 · 247 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.7Ionian SeaNovember 15, 1959 · 271 km S of this epicenter
- 6.76 km NW of Lukovo, North MacedoniaNovember 30, 1967 · 149 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.77 km NE of Anávra, GreeceApril 30, 1954 · 233 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.73 km SW of Kuklis, North MacedoniaMarch 8, 1931 · 277 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.635 km NW of Itháki, GreeceApril 22, 1948 · 189 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 147 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 16,642 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1857
Calabria,Montemurro
16 Sep 1857 · 299 km away
10,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1851M6.6
Vlore (Valona),Berat; Turkey
12 Oct 1851 · 34 km away · intensity XI
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1963M6.0
Macedonia: Skopje
26 Jul 1963 · 249 km away · intensity X
1,070 deaths$1.0 billion damage
- 1836
Rossano,Crosia,Craco,Basilicata
24 Apr 1836 · 276 km away · intensity XI
589 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1953M7.2
Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia)
12 Aug 1953 · 230 km away · intensity X
476 deaths$100 million damagetsunami
- 1851
Berat
17 Oct 1851 · 34 km away · intensity X
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.