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The epicenter at Sisak, 10 km deep and 67 km southeast of Zagreb. The earthquake was felt up to Naples and Austria. The Fvg region and the EU are ready for help. A kindergarten collapsed, a 12-year-old girl died
TRIESTE A violent earthquake shook Friuli Venezia Giulia at 12:20 on December 29, immediately followed by a swarm of slightly less strong ones. The epicenter of the 6.4 earthquake on the Richter scale was located – reports the Civil Protection of the Fvg – at 10 kilometers deep in Sisak, 67 south-southeast of Zagreb.
Already yesterday, Monday, December 28, the center of Croatia, near Petrinja, had been affected by some tremors – the strongest of magnitude 5.2 – that had caused damage to buildings but no collapses or injuries and even fewer victims. At the moment Zagreb is without electricity, while in Petrinja there is significant damage, the asylum collapsed. So far there is a victim, a 12-year-old girl. The President of the Republic of Croatia had gone to the place Zoran Milanovic and the prime minister Andrej Plenkovic.
Today’s commotion, after numerous aftershocks that occurred in Croatia overnight, was clearly felt as mentioned in Friuli Venezia Giulia: in Trieste, Gorizia and Monfalcone, people took to the streets, as well as in Zagreb, the capital from Croatia.
In Trieste, the commotion caused – according to what we have learned so far – only the fall of a water heater inside an apartment in via dell’Istria.
The earthquake was also felt in Veneto, in Bolzano, Naples and even Austria, in Graz and Vienna.
In Veneto There are several reports received by the Fire Department that at the moment, however, do not register damage to property or structures. In some neighborhoods of Naples, on the upper floors of houses in mountainous areas, the chandeliers fluctuated for a long time.
In AustriaIn Graz, not only did the tallest buildings begin to sway for about two minutes, but the undulating movements were clearly perceived in the old one-story buildings. The shock was also felt in Vienna.
#Earthquake Zagreb, Croatia) # 29 December 12:19 pm. Also warned in the Operations Center #Civil protection#regioneFVG in Palmanova https://t.co/sjJi3hcDb1
– Civil Protection FVG (@ProtCivReg_FVG) December 29, 2020
Stop at the Krško power station. The Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NEK) closed itself for safety reasons. As he told Delo Ida Novak jerele from the Krško nuclear power plant, have felt the ground shaking, but so far there are no reports of possible damage.
Yesterday’s magnitude 5.2 earthquake, which occurred in the same area today, caused no problems at the Krško nuclear power plant, Krško was told. The Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec He stated that the stop is due to the automatic operation of the turbine protection. After the first inspection of the Krško nuclear power plant, the earthquake at the power plant left no consequences and safety is not in jeopardy, the minister added.
More than 150 calls to the Nue, Civil Protection Fvg ready to help. “I just spoke with the head of the national department of civil defense Angelo borrelli, who is in contact with the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, letting you know that the Civil Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia is ready to work ”, added the regional councilor for Civil Protection., Riccardo Riccardi, from the Palmanova operations center. After the earthquake, the regional civil protection system is in a state of early warning.
«For the moment – explains Riccardi – No damage to people or property has been reported in our region. However, we immediately activated a link with the national department of civil protection. If the need arises to support the areas most affected by the earthquake, our teams are ready to go. «The single emergency number switchboard – adds Riccardi – has already received more than 150 calls in an hour after the shock that was felt in our region.
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