TIRANA, July 24 /ATA/ – An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale was recorded at a depth of seven km in the Adriatic Sea, 35 km northwest of Albania’s port city of Durres just after midnight on Tuesday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
Meanwhile, Albania’s Geosciences Institute reported that another tremor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit the country two hours later, at 02:42 am on Wednesday early morning.
According to data from the Geosciences Institute, the epicentre of the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 15 km in the coastal Montenegrin town of Ulqin, and some 17 km from the Albanian north-western town of Lezha.
The tremors were felt in several cities across Albania, namely Lezha, Shkodra, Kavaja and Tirana.
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