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New strong earthquake in Croatia: at least seven dead
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View of a damaged roof in Sisak (Croatia) that suffered from Monday’s earthquake. Now the earth trembled again in the field
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The tremors were also noted in Austria, parts of Italy and even in the German city of Munich: in Croatia the earth shook again. Neighboring Slovenia has shut down a nuclear power plant.
mein a severe earthquake struck Croatia on Tuesday.
At least seven people died in the violent earthquake in central Croatia. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic named the new number of victims on Tuesday night. The previous official intermediate balance had registered six deaths. The death toll “probably” will continue to rise, Plenkovic said.
The particularly affected city center of Petrinja is practically in ruins, he said. Photos, circulating on Twitter seems to confirm this. Serious damage was also reported in the capital Zagreb.
In neighboring Slovenia, the Krsko nuclear power plant was closed due to earthquakes. It’s a precautionary measure, a spokeswoman for the facility told the AFP news agency.
The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring countries of Croatia. It was the second earthquake in just 30 hours. The earthquakes had reached a magnitude of 6.3, the epicenter was 46 kilometers southeast of the capital Zagreb, the seismological center for the European Mediterranean said on Tuesday.
The president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, promised to help the country. “We are ready to support,” he wrote after speaking with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. On twitter. He asked Humanitarian Commissioner Janez Lenarcic to travel to the earthquake area as soon as possible. “We are on the side of Croatia,” emphasized von der Leyen.
A tremor was also felt on Monday
The earth in this area had already trembled on Monday, at that time with a magnitude of 5.2 and 5.0. These tremors were also felt in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. 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.
The center of the earthquake was near Zagreb
Source: Infographic WORLD / Paul Daniel
Regional television station N1 reported from the city of Petrinja, which was hit Monday, that a building there had crashed into a car. Footage from the film showed how firefighters tried to clear debris from the vehicle. One person was sitting in the car, the transmitter reported.
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. Even in the Munich area, TU Munich reported measurable vibrations, Radio Gong reported.
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.
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