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The tremor struck some 100 kilometers northeast of the capital, Tirana. Photo by BGNES
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck northeastern Albania, causing some damage but no injuries.
The Albanian Institute of Seismology says the quake struck at 11:49 p.m. (2149 GMT) Sunday in a village in the Dibra area close to the Macedonian border, some 62 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Tirana.
Local authorities said Monday that two house collapsed and others suffered minor damage.
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