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- After the difficult 6.4 magnitude earthquake In Croatia on Tuesday the search for buried victims continues.
- On Thursday night, the first three blows again struck the area of the small town of Petrinja, which was badly affected.
- After the tremors on Tuesday with seven dead and 26 injured in the area of the small towns of Sisak, Petrinja and Glina, almost 70 aftershocks have so far been registered.
Earthquake devastated the small town of Petrinja
After Tuesday’s earthquake, more aftershocks rocked central Croatia on Thursday night. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported one earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 and two with a magnitude of 3.1 in the Petrinja area. Tuesday’s earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4. It had devastated the small towns of Sisak, Petrinja, and Glina, as well as the villages in between.
Seven people died and 26 others were injured. In the southeastern region of Zagreb, the earth has been shaking since Monday. As of Wednesday afternoon, 66 tremors had been recorded in 58 hours.
In Petrinja, many people spent the second night in a row, mostly in their cars, the news portal “index.hr” reported Thursday morning.
Petrinja and Sisak particularly affected
The centers of the small towns of Sisak and Petrinja southeast of Zagreb were in ruins, Croatian media reported. A twelve-year-old girl is said to be among the dead. She died from falling debris.
In Petrinja, a reporter for the newspaper “Jutarnji List” reported dramatic scenes. The sirens of fire trucks and ambulances blared through the city, an image of devastation soon emerged. Fearing new earthquakes, residents withdrew to the small city park.
The district capital, Sisak, was also severely affected. The city’s administration headquarters had collapsed midway, said Mayor Kristina Ikic-Banicek of Croatian television HRT.
There was also considerable property damage in the capital, Zagreb. The earthquake was felt throughout Croatia, but also in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and even in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Slovenia closed the Krsko nuclear power plant due to the earthquake, the Slovenian news agency STA reported. It is right on the border with Croatia. Shutdown is a standard process in such situations.
Only on Monday earthquakes of magnitude 5.2 and 5.0 were recorded in the same area of Croatia. In March, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake caused extensive damage in Zagreb.
