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- According to seismologists, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook the central region of Croatia again.
- Media reports spoke of considerable property damage in the Croatian capital and in the vicinity of the epicenter, which was located about 45 kilometers southeast of Zagreb.
- The Croatian media currently speak of at least one death. It should be a little boy.
- It was the second earthquake in 30 hours. On Monday, earthquakes of magnitude 5.2 and 5.0 were registered in the same area.
Earthquake devastated the small town of Petrinja
The earthquake was felt in many regions of Austria, such as Carinthia, Styria, and the Vienna area. In Austria, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna (ZAMG) spoke of a force of 6.1.
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. It is also said that it was felt in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Slovenia shut down the Krsko nuclear power plant due to the earthquake, Slovenian news agency STA reported. It is right on the border with Croatia. Shutdown is a standard process in such situations.
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.
