Albanian seismologists recorded more than 340 after-shocks following the major earthquake which hit the country on Saturday afternoon.

More than a hundred people were injured, mostly from the effects of fleeing their homes in panic, as the 5.8 quake struck near the port city of Durres. The quake was felt throughout Albania and in the region, including in Macedonia.

Hundreds spent the night sleeping in the open, fearing that another major quake may come overnight.
Some 600 mostly older homes were damaged.