Moderate Earthquake Hits Serbia

World | November 5, 2010, Friday // 09:25
Bulgaria: Moderate Earthquake Hits Serbia Rescue workers examine the collapsed roof of a building in Kraljevo, in central Serbia, 03 November 2010. Photo by EPA/BGNES

A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Serbia only two days after a stronger quake killed two and injured dozens, the Serbian Seismological Institute has announced.

The tremor occurred at 11:15 pm. The epicenter has been 15 km from the town of Kraljevo, which is located about 150 km from Belgrade.

No new victims or damages have been reported. According to seismologists, the quake was an aftershock.

The previous earthquake was with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale. It killed two people, injured dozens more and damaged 400 houses.

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