Earthquake — Balkans Nw: Croatia: Petrinja

When

29 Dec 2020

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.4

Where

Croatia

Coordinates

45.42° N, 16.26° E

Deaths

8

Injuries

36

Damage musd

4187

Houses destroyed

1500

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

10

Earthquake in Croatia

At 12:19 PM CET on 29 December 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 Mw hit central Croatia, with an epicenter located roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) west-southwest of Petrinja. The maximum felt intensity was estimated at VIII to IX (Destructive) on the European macroseismic scale. Before this event there were three foreshocks, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 5.2 Mw on the day before.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben mit der Stärke 6,4 erschütterte Zentralkroatien und tötete sieben Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “vers 12h20 CET (11h20 UTC), un séisme de magnitude 6,4 sur l'échelle de Richter frappe le comté de Sisak-Moslavina, en Croatie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате землетрясения в Петрине (Хорватия) погибли семь человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se registra un terremoto de 6,4 con epicentro en la localidad de Petrinja en Croacia, dejando un saldo de 7 muertos y al menos 26 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page