Gjergji Thanasi walks near a damaged house after the earthquake that shook the country, in Durres, Albania, November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Florion Goga
DURRES, Albania (Reuters) - Albania ended its search on Saturday for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 51 people, and buried more victims of the disaster including toddler twins and their mother.
The 6.4-magnitude quake, the country's worst ever, struck on Tuesday, centred 30 km west of the capital Tirana. It was felt across the Balkans and in the southern Italian region of Puglia, on the other side of the Adriatic Sea from Albania.
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