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Four dead, 150 injured in Albania earthquake: authorities
TIRANA, Nov 26, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Four people died and some 150 were
slightly injured after a powerful 6.4 magnitude rocked Albania early Tuesday,
authorities said.
A man in his fifties jumped out of his building in the town of Kurbin in a
panic and died, the defence ministry said.
The bodies of a man and a woman were removed from rubble in Thumane, north
of the capital Tirana, it said. A fourth body was found in the coastal town
of Durres.
At least 150 people with injuries were being treated in hospitals in Tirana
and Durres, Health Minister Ogerta Manasterliu said.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1415 hrs