Terrified residents ran into the streets and buildings were badly damaged as Albania was rocked by its strongest earthquake in 30 years. There were scenes of "panic" and "chaos" as the 5.6 magnitude tremor shook homes and knocked items off walls or shelves. Falling bricks crushed cars in the capital Tirana and buildings were badly damaged in the coastal town of Durres, close to the epicentre. One man who lives in a block of flats posted photos of tea cups and glassware that fell off a TV stand and shattered, and images of dozens of residents gathered outside in a car park. He tweeted: "Chaos is spreading on the streets and these are a few damages that happened in my home. "I hate living in an apartment right now." Did you feel the earthquake? Email webnews@mirror.co.uk. The tremor hit at about 4pm local time and was centred about 20 miles west of the capital Tirana, but it was also felt across the Adriatic Sea in Italy, in neighbouring Greece and as far east as Bulgaria. One woman in Albania tweeted: "These earthquakes in Albania need to stop. We have 3 months in this condition. Lol this one was terrifying." Another woman added: "I could have done without the 5.8 earthquake this afternoon. "Residents all out in the street now, waiting to see (or should I say feel) if there are more aftershocks before we go back inside." And a third person wrote: "There was a big ass earthquake like 20 mins ago! Shop glasses and cars started moving! This has never happened in Albania before!" Another person added: "Omfg! Just experienced an earthquake twice in Tirana, Albania! The whole ground and walls were shaking. It says online that its magnitude was 5.6 and more aftershocks to be expected." It was the strongest earthquake to hit Albania since a 5.8 magnitude tremor hit near Tirana in September 1988.
Albania earthquake: Buildings shake and people flee homes after 5.6 tremor
Terrified residents ran into the streets and buildings were badly damaged as Albania was rocked by its strongest earthquake in 30 years. There were scenes of "panic" and "chaos" as the 5.6 magnitude tremor shook homes and knocked items off walls or shelves. Falling bricks crushed cars in the capital Tirana and buildings were badly damaged in the coastal town of Durres, close to the epicentre. One man who lives in a block of flats posted photos of tea cups and glassware that fell off a TV stand and shattered, and images of dozens of residents gathered outside in a car park. He tweeted: "Chaos is spreading on the streets and these are a few damages that happened in my home. "I hate living in an apartment right now." Did you feel the earthquake? Email webnews@mirror.co.uk. The tremor hit at about 4pm local time and was centred about 20 miles west of the capital Tirana, but it was also felt across the Adriatic Sea in Italy, in neighbouring Greece and as far east as Bulgaria. One woman in Albania tweeted: "These earthquakes in Albania need to stop. We have 3 months in this condition. Lol this one was terrifying." Another woman added: "I could have done without the 5.8 earthquake this afternoon. "Residents all out in the street now, waiting to see (or should I say feel) if there are more aftershocks before we go back inside." And a third person wrote: "There was a big ass earthquake like 20 mins ago! Shop glasses and cars started moving! This has never happened in Albania before!" Another person added: "Omfg! Just experienced an earthquake twice in Tirana, Albania! The whole ground and walls were shaking. It says online that its magnitude was 5.6 and more aftershocks to be expected." It was the strongest earthquake to hit Albania since a 5.8 magnitude tremor hit near Tirana in September 1988.
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