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| Powerful Earthquake Strikes Albania | Powerful Earthquake Strikes Albania |
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| A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Albania on Tuesday, in what was the country’s strongest earthquake in decades. | A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Albania on Tuesday, in what was the country’s strongest earthquake in decades. |
| It was not immediately known how many people were injured. A government spokesman told Reuters that a few people were taken to a hospital in Tirana, the capital, and that the worst damage to buildings was in Durres, a port town. | |
| Videos posted to social media in the aftermath showed some damaged buildings. | |
| The quake was recorded about six miles northwest of Shijak at 3:54 a.m. local time. Shijak is about 18 miles west of Tirana, a city of nearly 900,000 people, where residents reported feeling the tremors. | |
| The quake struck just two months after dozens of people were injured and hundreds of homes were damaged in the same area after a 5.6-magnitude quake. Officials said that quake, on Sept. 21, had been the strongest to strike the country in 30 years, according to Reuters. | The quake struck just two months after dozens of people were injured and hundreds of homes were damaged in the same area after a 5.6-magnitude quake. Officials said that quake, on Sept. 21, had been the strongest to strike the country in 30 years, according to Reuters. |