Northern Albania has been struck by two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.1, damaging scores of buildings.
Albania's Defence Ministry reported that the stronger struck quake at 5:33pm on Saturday with a depth of five kilometres near the village of Vinjoll in Mat district, 120km north of the capital, Tirana.
The Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment reported that the other quake occurred at 5:38pm some 40km north of Tirana. It said the quake had a depth of 24km near the town of Bulqize.
The ministry reported 67 damaged houses in the town of Klos, Mat and Bulqize, but no human injuries.
Albania, just north of Greece, is in an earthquake-prone area that sees quakes every few days, though most are not felt. Another quake of the same magnitude struck western Albania five weeks ago, causing only slight damages.
