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According to seismologists, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook the central region of Croatia again. Media reports spoke of considerable property damage in the Croatian capital and in the vicinity of the epicenter, which was located about 45 kilometers southeast of Zagreb. It was the second consecutive earthquake in 30 hours. Tremors of 5.2 and 5.0 were recorded in the same area on Monday.
In March alone, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake caused significant damage in Zagreb. A young man had died and more than two dozen people were injured.
Images in the Croatian media showed collapsed houses in Petrinja and fire brigades searching for victims. A child died in the rubble, the website jutarnji.hr reported. The hospitals in Petrinja and the nearby district capital, Sisak, were reportedly severely damaged.
In Austria, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna (ZAMG) spoke of a force of 6.1. The earthquake was felt in many regions of Austria, such as Carinthia, Styria, and the Vienna area.
The earthquake was also felt in some areas of Italy, as announced by the Italian civil protection authority. The authority is in contact with its local facilities. Many Italian users wrote on Twitter that they had felt the earthquake.
There are always earthquakes in the region
Slovenia also responded to the earthquake. The neighboring country immediately shut down the Krsko nuclear power plant. It’s a precautionary measure, said a spokeswoman for the plant.
The region is very prone to earthquakes because the African plate is pushed under the Eurasian plate there. The earthquake was also felt in southern Austria, in Slovenia, and in northern and eastern Croatia.
Probably the most violent earthquake in the recent past in the region occurred further south in Albania. In November 2019, a 6.4 dozen earthquake killed more than 650 people. A few days later, Bosnia-Herzegovina was also hit by an earthquake. The epicenter was 80 kilometers south of Sarajevo. It was about 250 kilometers from the epicenter of the Albania earthquake.
