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Moderate quake in Albania, no damage

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TIRANA, Sep 15 – It seems that Albania is under the effects of major moves under its earth.
Another earthquake shook the country Tuesday, this time in a different place.
Seismological authorities said that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 had occurred in central Albania causing no injured or damage.
The Albanian Institute of Geosciences says the quake struck at 10:37 a.m. (0837 GMT) Tuesday near the city of Kavaja, 57 kilometers southwest of the capital, Tirana.
Another tremor of a 5.5 magnitude Sept. 6 destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses in northeastern Albania. It was followed with many other aftershocks that have frightened the population there.

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