2019 Albania earthquake

2019 Albania earthquake
	A partially collapsed apartment in Durrës.
	Durrës Kodër-Thumanë Kurbin Lezhë Tirana Laç
UTC time	2019-11-26 02:54:12
ISC event	616919407
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	26 November 2019
Local time	03:54:12 CET (UTC+1)
Magnitude	6.4 Mw
Depth	20.0 km (12.4 mi)
Epicentre	41.511°N 19.522°E
Fault	Shijak Fault
Type	Thrust
Areas affected	Mamurras, Durrës, Kodër-Thumanë
Total damage	14,000+ buildings damaged/destroyed; €844 million in damages; €1.07 billion (estimated reconstruction cost);
Max. intensity	VIII (Severe)
Peak acceleration	0.5062 g
Peak velocity	43.01 cm/s
Foreshocks	Mw 5.6, 21 September 2019
Aftershocks	1,300 (by 1 December 2019); Five Mw  ≥ 5.0 (by 27 January 2020); Forty-five Mw  4–4.9; (by 27 January 2020)
Casualties	51 dead ; Durrës: 25 dead ; Thumanë: 25 dead ; Lezhë: 1 dead; 3,000+ injured;

Northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras, at 03:54 CET (UTC+1) on 26 November 2019. The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds and was felt in Albania's capital Tirana, and in places as far away as Bari, Taranto and Belgrade, 370 kilometres (230 mi) northeast of the epicentre. The maximum felt intensity was VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. A total of 51 people were killed in the earthquake, with about 3,000 injured. It was the second earthquake to strike the region within three months. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Albania in more than 40 years, its deadliest earthquake in 99 years and the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019.

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