Where shall we go? , families ask after Croatia quake Reuters 12/30/2020
By Antonio Bronic
MAJSKE POLJANE, Croatia (Reuters) - Rescue workers sifted through the rubble on Wednesday to make sure there were no more people trapped after an earthquake in central Croatia that killed seven people and destroyed scores of homes and other buildings. © Reuters/ANTONIO BRONIC Aftermath of an earthquake in Croatia
Many residents spent the night in their cars, terrified that a series of aftershocks of up to 4.8 magnitude would send more debris tumbling from houses already weakened by Tuesday s 6.4 magnitude quake.
Others had no home left to stay in.
Where shall we go? , families ask after Croatia quake
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By Antonio Bronic
MAJSKE POLJANE, Croatia, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Rescue workers sifted through the rubble on Wednesday to make sure there were no more people trapped after an earthquake in central Croatia that killed seven people and destroyed scores of homes and other buildings.
Many residents spent the night in their cars, terrified that a series of aftershocks of up to 4.8 magnitude would send more debris tumbling from houses already weakened by Tuesday s 6.4 magnitude quake.
Others had no home left to stay in.
Drone footage from the town of Petrinja, near the epicentre, showed tangles of wood and brick, people s rooms and belongings exposed to the daylight after the force of the tremor sheared the walls and roofs from their houses.
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SISAK, Croatia (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said.
Rescuers pulled people from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Petrinja and other towns, and army troops were sent to the area to help.
Tremors were also felt in Croatia’s capital Zagreb and as far away as Austria’s capital Vienna. Slovenia shut its only nuclear power plant as a precaution.
It was the second quake to strike the area in two days.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said it hit at 1119 GMT at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), with the epicentre in Petrinja, 50 km south of Zagreb.
UPDATE 8-Second earthquake in two days strikes central Croatia, killing seven and damaging buildings Reuters 12/29/2020
By Antonio Bronic
SISAK, Croatia, Dec 29 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said.
Rescuers pulled people from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Petrinja and other towns, and army troops were sent to the area to help.
Tremors were also felt in Croatia s capital Zagreb and as far away as Austria s capital Vienna. Slovenia shut its only nuclear power plant as a precaution.
It was the second quake to strike the area in two days.
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