Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Albania, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
106
M5+
Strongest
M6.9
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-04-15 | 6.9 | 6 km E of Stari Bar, Montenegro | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-11-30 | 6.7 | 6 km NW of Lukovo, North Macedonia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-02-18 | 6.6 | 17 km NNW of Bilisht, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-06-01 | 6.5 | 9 km E of Stari Bar, Montenegro | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-11-26 | 6.4 | 15 km WSW of Mamurras, Albania | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-05-26 | 6.2 | 11 km SSW of Maliq, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-08-04 | 6.2 | 4 km ESE of Rrëshen, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-11-26 | 6.2 | 3 km SE of Tepelenë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-09-01 | 6.2 | 9 km E of Lushnjë, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-03-18 | 6.1 | 4 km N of Patos, Albania | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-12-22 | 6.1 | 24 km SSW of Nestório, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-07-26 | 6.0 | 0 km NE of Krušopek, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-03-30 | 6.0 | 6 km SSE of Gurgurnica, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-08-27 | 6.0 | 1 km WSW of Centar Župa, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-02-13 | 6.0 | 3 km S of Krani, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-11-21 | 6.0 | 11 km SE of Orikum, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-12-17 | 5.9 | 6 km W of Lushnjë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-05-01 | 5.9 | 17 km E of Prámanta, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-12-07 | 5.9 | 4 km NW of Krani, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-01-09 | 5.9 | 9 km NE of Kavajë, Albania | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-03-31 | 5.8 | 7 km NNW of Krrabë, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-11-03 | 5.8 | 15 km SW of Koplik, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-04-30 | 5.8 | 4 km NE of Makedonski Brod, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-03-12 | 5.8 | 2 km SSE of Forino, North Macedonia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-04-03 | 5.8 | 9 km SSE of Shijak, Albania | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-09-01 | 5.8 | 4 km S of Demir Hisar, North Macedonia | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-08-19 | 5.8 | 9 km WNW of Cërrik, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-01-28 | 5.8 | 6 km SW of Maliq, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-02-04 | 5.8 | 7 km WNW of Rrogozhinë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-04-03 | 5.7 | 8 km WSW of Vërtop, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-04-24 | 5.7 | 2 km S of Gjilan, Kosovo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-08-27 | 5.7 | 5 km ENE of Ulcinj, Montenegro | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-06-30 | 5.7 | 6 km ESE of Koutselió, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-04-26 | 5.7 | 17 km ENE of Filiátes, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-12-09 | 5.6 | 11 km WSW of Kavajë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-08-20 | 5.6 | 1 km NNW of Banaj, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-11-13 | 5.6 | 6 km W of Prámanta, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-11-16 | 5.6 | 11 km SW of Lushnjë, Albania | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-09-21 | 5.6 | 3 km WSW of Shijak, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-02-23 | 5.6 | 13 km SW of Memaliaj, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-10-05 | 5.6 | 2 km E of Roskovec, Albania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-05-20 | 5.5 | 9 km SW of Lushnjë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-09-16 | 5.5 | 11 km NNE of Himarë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-01-05 | 5.5 | 21 km WNW of Agios Georgis, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-12-02 | 5.5 | 8 km NNW of Librazhd-Qendër, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-03-08 | 5.5 | 1 km NW of Rodotópi, Greece | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-10-23 | 5.5 | 9 km SSW of Rrogozhinë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-01-09 | 5.5 | 5 km NNW of Flórina, Greece | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-11-23 | 5.5 | 4 km WSW of Ersekë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-11-21 | 5.5 | 21 km SW of Shëngjin, Albania | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-10-15 | 5.5 | 7 km WSW of Asprángeloi, Greece | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-09-06 | 5.5 | 12 km WSW of Debar, North Macedonia | 3 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-01-29 | 5.5 | 17 km NE of Gramsh, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-03-15 | 5.5 | 4 km NW of Laimós, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-12-20 | 5.5 | 2 km NW of Kondovo, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-04-03 | 5.4 | 15 km NW of Bogomila, North Macedonia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-05-26 | 5.4 | 11 km E of Kuçovë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-11-06 | 5.4 | 6 km ESE of Parapótamos, Greece | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-05-16 | 5.4 | 10 km SE of Elbasan, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-08-07 | 5.4 | 8 km SW of Pukë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-05-10 | 5.4 | 3 km WSW of Prámanta, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-02-01 | 5.4 | 13 km S of Libohovë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-09-12 | 5.3 | 3 km NE of Delvinë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-10-12 | 5.3 | 11 km WNW of Rodotópi, Greece | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-06-26 | 5.3 | 7 km E of Filiátes, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-04-27 | 5.3 | 11 km S of Libohovë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-08-15 | 5.3 | 5 km SW of Gjinkar, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-09-30 | 5.3 | 17 km S of Kukës, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-07-26 | 5.3 | Greece-Albania border region | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-12-25 | 5.3 | 12 km WNW of Ulcinj, Montenegro | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-07-03 | 5.3 | 11 km SSW of Rodotópi, Greece | 31 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-10-06 | 5.2 | 10 km SSW of Tepelenë, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-11-22 | 5.2 | 5 km NE of Delvinë, Albania | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-09-17 | 5.2 | 5 km SW of Ersekë, Albania | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-09-01 | 5.2 | 8 km NW of Kukure?ani, North Macedonia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-12-24 | 5.2 | 8 km NE of Himarë, Albania | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-07-10 | 5.2 | 19 km S of Gusinje, Montenegro | 4 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-06-01 | 5.2 | 12 km SW of Mborje, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-08-16 | 5.2 | 4 km WNW of Himarë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-09-02 | 5.2 | 13 km SSW of Pukë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-08-27 | 5.2 | 20 km SSE of Ulcinj, Montenegro | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-11-06 | 5.2 | 11 km ESE of Rostusa, North Macedonia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-03-31 | 5.1 | 8 km ESE of Ballsh, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-05-05 | 5.1 | 17 km E of Prámanta, Greece | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-09-16 | 5.1 | 10 km SSW of Vraneštica, North Macedonia | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-11-11 | 5.1 | 7 km NW of Néa Seléfkeia, Greece | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-08-18 | 5.1 | 20 km ENE of Kurbnesh, Albania | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-12-03 | 5.1 | 11 km WSW of Tepelenë, Albania | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-12-22 | 5.1 | 19 km NNE of Peshkopi, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-04-24 | 5.1 | 3 km N of Stari Bar, Montenegro | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-04-09 | 5.1 | 13 km S of Gjinkar, Albania | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-03-17 | 5.1 | 7 km WNW of Krrabë, Albania | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-02-13 | 5.1 | 12 km NNE of Himarë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-03-15 | 5.1 | 2 km NE of Elbasan, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-01-28 | 5.1 | 12 km NW of Vorë, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-08-11 | 5.1 | 8 km ESE of Burrel, Albania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-09-11 | 5.1 | 3 km ESE of ?air, North Macedonia | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-08-21 | 5.1 | 9 km WSW of Ulcinj, Montenegro | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-08-03 | 5.1 | 9 km SW of Vlorë, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-08-22 | 5.1 | 5 km W of Gjirokastër, Albania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |