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Seismic tremors so powerful that they reduced the entire historic center to one pile of rubble, under which the intervention teams have already found seven lifeless bodies, including one 12 year old girl and a 20 year old boy. Petrinja, a city about thirty miles south of Zagreb, in Croatia, is semi-destroyed after the 6.4 magnitude shock which hit it around 12:20 today, just over 24 hours after yesterday’s 5.2 earthquake. In both cases, the Croatian city was the epicenter, while a new earthquake, measuring 13.34 and magnitude 4.5, was registered in Helmet, a nearby town.
According to the first information from the place, the center was completely destroyed by the earthquake and they also collapsed a hospital and a nursery. In addition to the victims, there are at least 20 injured, of which two serious. The mayor of Petrinja, Darinko dumbovi, talking to the station 24 sata, said: “It’s terrible, there are dead and wounded, we saw a dead child in a square, the center of Petrinja is destroyed. It is a disaster, come hiroshima“.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who was evacuated from the capital’s seat of government, also damaged, spoke by phone with the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, which has promised urgent aid from the Union. “We are ready to help, I begged the Commissioner Janez Lenarcik travel to Croatia as soon as the situation allows, ”said von der Leyen. Meanwhile, the Croatian army has mobilized to provide assistance to affected populations. At least 300 soldiers went to Petrinja. And the President of the Republic also arrived at the place, Zoran Milanovic: “What happened was horrible. It was a horrible year, the life of a girl was lost. This city will be rebuilt, but no one will be able to compensate for the emotional and spiritual damage suffered.
Both the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, that the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, sent his message of support to the country, adding that Italy is ready to offer support. “I learned with sadness the news of the strong earthquakes that hit your country in the last hours, causing victims and considerable damage, especially to Petrinja – read the message from the Head of State to his Croatian counterpart – that is why I would like to express to you now all the Croatian people, in particular those facing the difficulties generated by the earthquake, the sincere condolences and shared closeness of the Italian Republic. By confirming that in this difficult circumstance Croatia can count on solidarity and collaboration with Italy, I renew to you, on behalf of the Italian people and myself, my deepest condolences. “While Conte expressed on Twitter” my deepest condolences to Andrej Plenkovic and the Croatian government for the devastating earthquake that struck the city of Petrinja and all the country Our solidarity and closeness with Croatian friends. Italy is ready to give you all the assistance and help you need“.
The earthquake was felt throughout Croatia, but also in Serbia me Bosnia Herzegovina. A nuclear power plant in Slovenia It was closed as a precaution. The impact, like yesterday, was also felt in Italy, along the Adriatic coast, from Trieste to Abruzzo. Reports also come from Ravenna and from the north of Naples. The strong impact was even felt within the GranSasso Nuclear Physics Laboratories. Operators clearly noticed the earthquake due to the remarkable sensitivity of the instruments. Among these especially the department that uses the ‘cryostat’, a kind of very sensitive huge refrigerator that studies neutrinos in the ‘Heart’ experiment, which has been sensitively heated.
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