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The earthquake in Croatia on Tuesday was a magnitude 6.4 on the American Geological Survey (USGS), which places it in a strong category on the Richter scale. Earthquakes between force levels 6.0 and 6.9 at a distance of 50-80 kilometers from the epicenter can already cause damage to buildings with solid foundations.
According to a summary from worlddata.info, tremors of the current magnitude have not been measured in Croatia for decades. In November 1962, a smaller earthquake of magnitude 6.1 was recorded in the then Croatian part of Yugoslavia, and a man lost his life.
No earthquake comparable to that of Croatia has ever been observed in Hungary.
The most devastating earthquake struck Hungary in Komárom on June 28, 1763, with a force of 6.3 on the Richter scale. The earthquake killed 63 people and injured more than 120. Countless churches and around 280 buildings were completely destroyed, hundreds of buildings collapsed. Seven years later, another severe earthquake struck Komárom, rendering hundreds of buildings uninhabitable.
The tremors between fortresses 2 and 4 are experienced several times a month in Hungary, but they are extremely or very weak. Above a force of 4, even the candlesticks can swing, but damage does not occur often, this is typical of a force of 5 on the Richter scale. In January 1956, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Dunaharasztin, several people were killed and several buildings were damaged.
Greek earthquakes
Since the beginning of 2015, a total of 18 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 6 have been recorded in Europe and the Mediterranean region, according to the Swiss Seismological Service.
There have been ten earthquakes of at least 6.3 in recent years.
The largest earthquake in the region was recorded in the Greek Dodecanese archipelago on October 30 this year, with a magnitude of 6.9 and an epicenter at a depth of 10 kilometers.
In 2018, two 6.8 earthquakes were also measured: on October 10 in the Ionian Sea at a depth of 10 kilometers, and on November 9 near the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen, also at a depth of 10 kilometers. There was a 6.7 earthquake near the Dodecanese in July 2017, as well as in Turkey in late January this year. A 6.5 earthquake was measured in late 2015 in Greece, in October 2016 in central Italy, and in May this year in Crete.
(Cover image: Zagreb on December 29, 2020 after an earthquake struck Croatia. Photo: Filip Horvat / AP / MTI)
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