A strong earthquake magnitude has hit central Croatia, causing serious damage to homes and building southeast of Zagreb, the capital. A girl was killed in the incidence and a man and a boy were pulled out alive from a car buried in rubble and were taken to a hospital.
The
European Mediterranean Seismological Center said a magnitude 6.3
earthquake hit 46km southeast of Zagreb.
Initial reports said the
earthquake caused wide damage, collapsing roofs, building facades and
even some entire buildings.
The same area was struck by a 5.2 quake on Monday and several smaller aftershocks were felt Tuesday.
Croatian
state broadcaster HRT said a girl died in the earthquake in Petrinja, a
town southeast of the capital that was hit hardest by the earthquake.
Other
Croatian media also reported the death, quoting the town's mayor. The
child's age or other details were not immediately available.
"The
center of Petrinja as it used to be no longer exists," HRT said in its
report. "One girl died and there are injuries and people inside
collapsed buildings."
"My
town has been completely destroyed, we have dead children," Petrinja
Mayor Darinko Dumbovic said in a statement broadcast by HRT TV.
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