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Albania’s Ministry of defense reported that as of the evening of the 26th local time, the death toll has reached 22. Local health authorities say more than 600 people have received first aid, mainly minor injuries.

Tirana declared a state of emergency in the areas hardest-hit by Tuesday’s 6.4 magnitude earthquake: the coastal city of Durres and the town of Thumane, where victims were trapped by toppled buildings. 

With the help of dogs and more than 200 experts flown in from across Europe, rescuers worked through the night to locate survivors.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 3:54 a.m. local time on the 26th, with the epicenter 30 km northwest of Tirana and the focal depth of 10 km. After that, there were several aftershocks. This is the most serious earthquake in Albania in more than ten years.

A defense ministry spokeswoman said two women were found dead in the rubble of an apartment building in the northern village of thumane, and a man in the town of kurbin jumped from the building in panic. The bodies of three other victims were found in the rubble of two collapsed buildings in Durres.

Emergency workers told local media that one of the dead was an old woman who held her grandson in her arms and successfully rescued him.

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