6 dead,150 injured as powerful earthquake rocks AlbaniaResidents gathered outdoors in Tirana. TIRANA: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Albania early Tuesday killing six people, according to officials and local media, and sparking panic in the capital Tirana and other cities. The epicentre of the quake, the strongest in the region in decades, was about 34 kilometres (about 20 miles) northwest of Tirana, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Damage was also reported in Thumana, 30 kilometres northwest of Tirana. The same region of Albania was hit by a 5.6-magnitude quake in September, described by authorities as the strongest earthquake of the last 20-30 years.

Source: Bangkok Post November 26, 2019 07:46 UTC