Earthquake: Six dead, 150 hurt in Albania
TIRANA: At least six people died and around 150 people were hurt after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Albania, bringing down buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble.
BBC reported the quake hit 34 km northwest of Tirana, early this morning.
It was felt across the region, in Italy and in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, almost 700 km away.
Emergency workers told Albanian media that one of the dead was an elderly woman who had managed to save her grandson by cradling him 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, where three were killed.
Two of those who died were in the town of Thumane, 40km to the north west of Tirana and close to the epicentre of the earthquake. There were fears that more people were trapped under rubble.
A man died when jumping from a balcony was killed in Kurbin.
BBC
