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February 10, 2026
First images of the earthquake that hit half the Balkans: People running out of buildings, people in the streets, everything shaking
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit North Macedonia tonight, and the tremor was also felt in southern Serbia.

TL;DR
- An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck North Macedonia.
- The tremor was felt in southern Serbia, Kosovo and Metohija, Skopje, Niš, Vranje, Leskovac, Prokuplje, Bujanovac, Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Residents in Uroševac fled a residential building in panic.
- People in Kosovo and Metohija left buildings and went into the streets.
- Damage occurred in a store in Kosovo and Metohija.
- Chandeliers shook in Skopje.
- The earthquake lasted about ten seconds.
- One resident described the shaking as 'short but fierce'.
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