Earthquake Info: Moderate Mag. 4.2 Earthquake – 36 km northwest of Kukës, Qarku i Kukësit, Albania, on Sunday April 10, 2022 at 02:58 (GMT +2)
April 10 01:00 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 2 minutes.
April 10 01:04: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 4.3. Epicenter location corrected 3.7 km (2.3 mi) to the SSE.
April 10 01:15: Now uses USGS data updates
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred just 11 minutes ago 31 km northwest of Kukës, Albania, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km below the epicenter near Kukës, Kukës district, Qarku i Kukësit, Albania, early in the morning of Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 2:58 a.m. local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter and depth of the quake could be revised in the coming hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies release their report.
A second report was later released by the RaspberryShake Citizen Seismograph Network, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.3 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same earthquake include the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) with magnitude 3.9 and the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) with magnitude 4.1.
Based on preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused significant damage, but was likely felt by many people as a slight vibration in the epicenter area.
Weak tremors could have been felt at Gjakove (pop. 94,200) located 20 km from the epicenter, Decan (pop. 50,500) at 26 km, Kukës (pop. 17,800) at 31 km, Rahovec (pop. 22,000) at 38 km, and Dragash (35,000 inhabitants) at 48 km.
Other towns near the epicenter where the earthquake could have been felt as a very weak tremor include Suva Reka (pop. 72,200) located 51 km from the epicenter, Istok (pop. 40,000) 57 km away, Shkoder (88,200 inhabitants) 63 km and Glogovac (58,600 inhabitants) 66 km.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these change and will follow up if other major earthquake news becomes available. If you are in the area, please let us know about your experience through our reporting mechanism, online or through our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the world who wants to learn more about this earthquake.
The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km below the epicenter near Kukës, Kukës district, Qarku i Kukësit, Albania, early in the morning of Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 2:58 a.m. local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter and depth of the quake could be revised in the coming hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies release their report.
A second report was later released by the RaspberryShake Citizen Seismograph Network, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.3 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same earthquake include the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) with magnitude 3.9 and the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) with magnitude 4.1.
Based on preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused significant damage, but was likely felt by many people as a slight vibration in the epicenter area.
Weak tremors could have been felt at Gjakove (pop. 94,200) located 20 km from the epicenter, Decan (pop. 50,500) at 26 km, Kukës (pop. 17,800) at 31 km, Rahovec (pop. 22,000) at 38 km, and Dragash (35,000 inhabitants) at 48 km.
Other towns near the epicenter where the earthquake could have been felt as a very weak tremor include Suva Reka (pop. 72,200) located 51 km from the epicenter, Istok (pop. 40,000) 57 km away, Shkoder (88,200 inhabitants) 63 km and Glogovac (58,600 inhabitants) 66 km.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these change and will follow up if other major earthquake news becomes available. If you are in the area, please let us know about your experience through our reporting mechanism, online or through our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the world who wants to learn more about this earthquake.