5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia, Damages Buildings Across Country, Reports Say

This is the second powerful earthquake to rock the Balkan country this year. A 6.0-magnitude tremor earlier killed one, wounded several dozen others, destroyed multiple buildings in Zagreb, and left part of the capital without power.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, a tremor has hit 49 km southeast of the Croatian capital of Zagreb, with the epicentre located at a depth of 2 kilometres. So far, there are no official reports about any casualties or damage caused by the quake.

Felt #earthquake (#potres) M5.2 strikes 51 km SE of Zagreb - Centar (#Croatia) 4 min ago. Please report to: https://t.co/hcNslJhURI pic.twitter.com/6elzVGE6mJ

— EMSC (@LastQuake) December 28, 2020

According to reports, the quake damaged several buildings in the vicinity of Petrinja.

OK, Good morning to everyone on Twitter and all over Croatia. Namely, this morning at 06.26 in the vicinity of Petrinja there was an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale. pic.twitter.com/1XGWErR5qj

— Clapped By MarX (@ClappedMarx) December 28, 2020

Kolegi iz Hrvaške so poslali fotko iz Petrinje cc @seizmo_hr #potres #earthquake pic.twitter.com/RGReo9GRq8

— Sebastijan Kerše 🇸🇮 (@termie1) December 28, 2020