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There were scary moments in Croatia where an earthquake of magnitude greater than 6, the strongest this year, struck the center of the country. A 4.5 Richter replica was also produced shortly after. The mayor of Petrina, the town where most of the buildings collapsed, confirmed the death of a child and the injuries of at least 20 people.
The Associated Press also reports, citing the Croatian radio station HRT, that a child was killed in the Petrinja earthquake: “A girl died and there are injuries inside collapsed buildings.”
“My city has been completely destroyed,” Petrinja Mayor Darinko Dumbovic said in a statement broadcast on HRT TV: “It’s like Hiroshima, half the city no longer exists.”
The magnitude 6 earthquake occurred several tens of kilometers from the capital Zagreb, 10 kilometers deep, and caused the collapse of several houses in Petrina. Several people are still trapped under the rubble, Aljazeera says.
Hundreds of soldiers were dispatched to where the country’s president and prime minister arrived. Another nearby town is seriously affected, whose hospital can no longer be used due to massive destruction.
Images broadcast immediately after the earthquake on Croatian television showed firefighters trying to clear debris to reach the buried car. Finally, a man and a boy were rescued from the car and taken to the hospital.
Croatian seismologist Kresimir Kuk described the earthquake as “extremely strong”. He warned people to avoid old buildings and move to newer areas of the city.
In the Capital, people fled to the streets and parks of fear. Many reportedly left Zagreb, ignoring the travel ban imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Romania appears on the list of states where the shock wave of the earthquake in Croatia reached
The earthquake affected Zagreb, where several people were injured and affected the Ministry of Defense, as well as Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. And our country appears in the list of states, where the shock wave arrived.
In Slovenia, a nuclear power plant has been suspended as a precautionary measure. Reactions quickly came from the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, who said they were ready to help Croatia.
The current earthquake follows another of magnitude that occurred yesterday, but did not cause victims.
Editing: Alexandra Andronie
