30. 12. 2020. 00:00   >>  17:07 0

CROATIA

New earthquakes

Two more strong earthquakes struck Croatia early on Wednesday morning in close succession. The first measuring 4.7 and the second 4.8 on the Richter scale hit at around 6 am with the epicentre reportedly in the Petrinja area in central Croatia, the site of a powerful 6.4 quake on Tuesday.

"The quakes will continue rattling (the area) for a long time. Tuesday's earthquake was devastating and will certainly be followed by a long series of earthquakes, including, quite certainly, stronger ones," head of Croatia's seismological survey, Ines Ivancic, told state radio.

Ivancic added that weaker tremors like those on Wednesday would certainly affect the buildings in Petrinja and Sisak which had already been damaged damaged on Tuesday.

Ivancic told state radio that Petrinja was struck by "an enormous quantity" of smaller quakes and tremors since Monday. The ground is shaking almost every minute, she said, including at least 25 to 30 tremors measuring 3 or above on the Richter scale.