Durrës (Albania) (AFP) - Albanian rescuers were digging through rubble as desperate survivors trapped in toppled buildings cried out for help Tuesday after the strongest
earthquake in decades claimed at least 13 lives.
The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 3:54 am local time (0254 GMT), with an epicentre 34 kilometres (about 20 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana in the Adriatic Sea, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
A total of 13 people have now been found dead, according to the defence ministry, while around 38 people have been rescued alive.