Strong earthquake in Albania damages buildings and sends residents fleeing
Falling debris pulverised parked cars in Tirana (AFP Photo/Gent SHKULLAKU)/ Tirana (AFP) - Albania was rattled by its strongest earthquake in decades Saturday, officials said, sending people fleeing into the streets in several cities, damaging buildings and triggering power cuts in the capital. The epicentre of the shallow 5.6-magnitude quake, was near Durres, less than 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the capital Tirana, according to the US Geological Survey. Albania's defence ministry said it was the "strongest earthquake in the country ...
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