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According to seismologists, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook the central region of Croatia again. The media spoke on Tuesday of significant material damage in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, and in the vicinity of the epicenter, which is located about 45 kilometers southeast of it.
Croatian media reported serious damage and the death of at least one child: a 12-year-old girl is said to have died in the small town of Petrinja, 45 kilometers southeast of Zagreb.
“I don’t know if you are dead or injured”
The center of Petrinja is practically in ruins, it is said. Serious damage was also reported in the capital Zagreb.
Petrinja Mayor Darinko Dumbović says that according to Croatian television station N1, half of his city has been destroyed. Dumbović asks for help. There is an urgent need for professional firefighters and the military. “We get people out of the cars and we don’t know if they are dead or injured,” says Dumbović desperately.
It is the second consecutive earthquake in 30 hours. On Monday, tremors of 5.2 and 5.0 were recorded in the same area.
There was already a strong earthquake in March
Only in March a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Zagreb caused significant damage. A young man had died and more than two dozen people were injured.
In Austria, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna (ZAMG) spoke of a force of 6.1. The earthquake was felt in many regions of Austria, such as Carinthia, Styria, and the Vienna area.
The earthquake was also felt in some areas of Italy, as announced by the Italian civil protection authority. The authority is in contact with its local facilities. Many Italian users wrote on Twitter that they had felt the earthquake. (cat / noo / SDA)
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