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| Albania: Powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Tirana | Albania: Powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Tirana |
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| A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Albania, bringing down buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble. | |
| At least four people have died. One man died after jumping from a window in panic, a defence ministry spokeswoman confirmed. Some 150 more were injured. | |
| The quake hit 34 km (21 miles) northwest of the capital, Tirana, early on Tuesday morning. | |
| It was felt across the region including in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, almost 700 kilometres away. | |
| Emergency workers told Albanian media that one of the dead was an elderly woman who had managed to save her grandson by cradling with her body. | |
| A defence ministry spokeswoman confirmed firefighters and army staff were helping residents caught under the rubble in the coastal city of Durres, 40km west of Tirana. | |
| A man in Durres told local news channel News24 that his daughter and niece were among those trapped inside a collapsed apartment building. | |
| "I talked with my daughter and niece on the phone. They said they are well and waiting for the rescue. Could not talk to my wife. There are other families, but I could not talk to them." | |
| There have been a number of aftershocks, including one of 5.3 magnitude, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. | There have been a number of aftershocks, including one of 5.3 magnitude, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. |