2019 Albania earthquake information

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°30′40″N 19°31′19″E / 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	MMI 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.^[8]^[9] 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,^[10] 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.^[6]^[7] It was the second earthquake to strike the region within three months.^[11]^[12] It was the strongest earthquake to hit Albania in more than 40 years, its deadliest earthquake in 99 years^[13]^[9]^[14] and the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019.

^ ^a ^b Panuntun, H. (2021). "Geodetic slip model of the November 26, 2019 Albania earthquake estimated from Sentinel-1 TOPS interferometry". Tectonophysics. 807: 228814. Bibcode:2021Tectp.80728814P. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228814. S2CID 233556470.
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^ ANSS: Albania 2019, Shake Map: PGA (accessed 3 December 2019).
^ ANSS: Albania 2019, Shake Map: PGV (accessed 3 December 2019).
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^ ANSS. "Albania 2019: M 6.4 - 16km WNW of Fushe-Kruje, Albania". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Razak, R.; Prifti, A.; Westcott, B.; Picheta, R. (26 November 2019). "At least 50 killed, 913 injured, as 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Albania". CNN World.
^ "Very Strong earthquake - Albania - November 26, 2019". Earthquake-Report. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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[Panuntun_2021-1] Panuntun, H. (2021). "Geodetic slip model of the November 26, 2019 Albania earthquake estimated from Sentinel-1 TOPS interferometry". Tectonophysics. 807: 228814. Bibcode:2021Tectp.80728814P. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228814. S2CID 233556470.

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[4] ANSS: Albania 2019, Shake Map: PGA (accessed 3 December 2019).

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[anss-8] ANSS. "Albania 2019: M 6.4 - 16km WNW of Fushe-Kruje, Albania". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[CNN_-9] Razak, R.; Prifti, A.; Westcott, B.; Picheta, R. (26 November 2019). "At least 50 killed, 913 injured, as 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Albania". CNN World.

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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 (2019-11-26)
Local time	03:54:12 CET (UTC+1)
Magnitude	6.4 M_w
Depth	20.0 km (12.4 mi)
Epicentre	41°30′40″N 19°31′19″E / 41.511°N 19.522°E / 41.511; 19.522
Fault	Shijak Fault^[1]
Type	Thrust
Areas affected	Mamurras, Durrës, Kodër-Thumanë
Total damage	14,000+ buildings damaged/destroyed^[2] €844 million in damages^[3] €1.07 billion (estimated reconstruction cost)^[3]
Max. intensity	MMI VIII (Severe)
Peak acceleration	0.5062 g^[4]
Peak velocity	43.01 cm/s^[5]
Foreshocks	M_w 5.6, 21 September 2019^[1]
Aftershocks	1,300 (by 1 December 2019) Five M_w  ≥ 5.0 (by 27 January 2020) Forty-five M_w  4–4.9 (by 27 January 2020)
Casualties	51 dead^[6] Durrës: 25 dead Thumanë: 25 dead Lezhë: 1 dead 3,000+ injured^[7]

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