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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), around 12 pm 19 min. The epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred at local time (1:19 pm, Lithuania) was approximately 10 km deep.
A powerful earthquake destroyed buildings in the central city of Petrinia.
A severe underground impact was also felt in Zagreb, some 50 kilometers north of the earthquake’s epicenter, where residents, in panic, fled from buildings to the streets, reported an AFP reporter.
“We got people out of the cars, we don’t know if we have dead or injured,” Petrinia mayor Darinko Dombovičius told regional broadcaster N1.
“There is a general panic, people are looking for their loved ones,” he added.
In photos of about 20 thousand. the inhabited city saw collapsed roofs and bricks and other debris thrown into the streets.
“I’m afraid I can’t reach anyone at home, the phone doesn’t work,” said a concerned Petrinia resident.
A strong underground commotion was also felt in Zagreb, about 50 kilometers north of the earthquake’s epicenter, where roof tiles and panicked residents fled from buildings to the streets, an AFP reporter reported.
Electricity has disappeared in the city center.
A 5.2 point earthquake occurred in the same area on Monday.
European Union leaders said they were closely monitoring the “devastating earthquake” in Croatia, a member state.
“We are ready to support,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter. He added that the bloc’s civil protection team was “ready to leave for Croatia as soon as circumstances allow.”
European Council President Charles Michel said: “We are thinking about the injured and the frontline workers.”
In March, Zagreb was damaged by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in the capital in decades.
There are big shakes running through the Balkan region, with regular earthquakes.
In Slovenia, the Krško nuclear power plant has been closed for preventive purposes
Slovenia’s Krško nuclear power plant was shut down as a precautionary measure following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in neighboring Croatia, a plant spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
“I can confirm that the power plant was closed for preventive reasons,” Ida Novak Jerele, a spokeswoman for the power plant, told AFP, but did not elaborate.
The earthquake was felt in several neighboring countries, including Slovenia and even in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
The Krško Power Station is the only nuclear power plant in Slovenia about 100 kilometers east of the country’s capital, Ljubljana.
The current 700 megawatt Westinghouse reactor was built in the former Yugoslavia and became operational in 1983.
It is jointly managed by Slovenia and Croatia.
The factory satisfies about 20 percent. Slovenian electricity demand and 15 percent. Croatia needs it, but environmental organizations have repeatedly called for the plant to be closed due to its age and the risk of seismic activity in the region.
The power plant was originally planned for 2023, but Ljubljana and Zagreb decided in 2015 to extend its operation for another 20 years.
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