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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, killing at least one person in what was the country’s strongest earthquake in decades. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Albania on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 150 in what was the country’s strongest tremor in decades.
A government spokeswoman told Reuters that a person died in Kurbin after panicking and jumping out of a building. It was not immediately known how many people were injured, but a few people were taken to a hospital in Tirana, the capital. The Defense Ministry told The Associated Press that a man died in the town of Kurbin after jumping from his home to escape the shaking, a man and a woman were killed in a building collapse in Thumane, and another person died when a building collapsed in Durres.
Officials said the worst damage to buildings was in Durres, a port town. Videos posted to social media in the aftermath showed some damaged buildings. 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 was recorded at 3:54 a.m. local time about 19 miles west of Tirana, the capital 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.