World IN BRIEF : ROMANIA : 5 Injured, 3,500 Left Homeless in Quake
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A moderate, 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Balkans, damaging thousands of buildings and leaving 3,500 homeless near the epicenter in western Romania, officials said. Five people were injured in the quake, which was also felt in parts of Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria. The quake was centered near the Yugoslav border, 45 miles south of the city of Timisoara.
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