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Historic Earthquake
1962 Albania Earthquake
18 March 1962 · Albania
On 18 March 1962 at 15:30 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Albania, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 233 km from its boundary with the African Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 15 people.
- Date
- 18 March 1962
- Time
- 15:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 15
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Albania
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20192019 Albania Earthquake · M 6.451 deaths
- 19791979 Montenegro Earthquake · M 6.9131 deaths
- 1967North Macedonia · M 6.518 deaths
- 19541954 Sofades Earthquake · M 6.731 deaths
- 1954Greece · M 7.025 deaths
- 1920Tepelene, Dragoti · M 6.2200 deaths
- 1914Leukas Island · M 6.314 deaths
- 19051905 Shkoder Earthquake · M 6.6120 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth