Posted on 12/29/2020 4:04:57 PM PST by caww
At least six people died after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of central Croatia on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said on Twitter.
The ministry confirmed the deaths of a girl in the town of Petrinja, where the tremor caused widespread damage, and five men in the village of Majske Poljane. At least 26 people have been injured, six seriously, it added.
"We are doing everything we can to help the citizens of Petrinja and surrounding areas in this dramatic and tragic situation," Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said in a tweet. "The destructive earthquake has taken human lives, destroyed homes, and we deeply sympathise with every person and every family that has been harmed."
The quake struck the Balkan country at 12:20 p.m. local time (6:20 a.m. ET). Its epicenter was located 44 kilometers (27 miles) southeast of the capital Zagreb, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The government-owned Croatian News Agency HINA earlier reported that the quake had a magnitude of 6.3.
The EMSC said it was the largest earthquake to hit Croatia so far this year, adding it could "generate significant damage at close epicentral distances."
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Only 10km down. Yikes.
Snježana Markušić Paper presents the analysis of the Croatian earthquake catalogue (CEC) for the period from 373 bc to 2004. The CEC is estimated to be complete for events with ML ≥4.0 since 1900 and for events with ML≥3.2 for the last three decades. The coastal part of Croatia (the Dinarides) is the most seismically active, because of tectonic processes related to...
Masonry construction in earthquake country is not a winning combination.
Very old homes.
God help the victims and the rescuers.
Yes. Also this other one.
Dutchsinse notes and predicts.
12/29/2020 — Large M6.4 earthquake strikes Central Europe / Croatia and West Coast USA Oregon M5.7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOH4vEhtVjc
At minute 1:40 or so, the commentary comes that this originally struck as a 5.4 and was upgraded to a 6.4. . .
USGS map and commentary at minute 3:10
” . . The rest of Europe is due for major quake activity within the next week to ten days now that a six has struck in the center of the plate . . .”
at minute 10:15 occurs commentary on earthquake professionals going crazy . . .
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