Rescue crews use excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings after a powerful earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600. The 6.4 magnitude quake was followed by multiple aftershocks.
Rescuers search at a damaged building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600.
The quake in Albania collapsed at least three apartment buildings while people slept, and rescue crews were working to free people believed trapped. There was no indication as to how many people might still be buried in the rubble. “Durres and Thumane are the two worst hit localities, with great material damage and ... tragically lives lost,” Defense Minister Olta Xhacka said in a televised statement. “Search and rescue work continues at all sites where buildings have collapsed.
Seismologist Rrapo Ormeni of Albania’s Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment, said a 6.4 quake was considered a strong one. Authorities reported scores of aftershocks — as strong as magnitude 5.5 — and called on people in the most affected areas to stay out of their homes and avoid driving in the affected areas to allow emergency vehicles free access. Many reported seeing cracks in their apartment walls.
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