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Dec 30, 2020 · 01:12 - Source: CNN. Zagreb, Croatia CNN —. At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck central Croatia on Tuesday, according to ...
On 28 December 2020, seismic activity in the wider Petrinja area strongly intensified after a period of relative seismological quiescence that had lasted more than 100 years (since the well-known M5.8 Kupa Valley earthquake of 1909, which is known based on the discovery of the Mohorovičić discontinuity). The day after the M5 foreshock, a destructive M6.2 mainshock occurred. Outcomes of ...
On December 29, 2020 a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Sisak-Moslavina county of Croatia. The earthquake occurred along the Popusko-Petrinja strike slip fault within the Eurasia plate at a depth of 10 km with an epicenter at 45.422°N 16.255°E, three kilometers (km) west-southwest of the city of Petrinja.
Aug 28, 2023 · On December 29, 2020, nine months after the March Mw 5.4 Zagreb earthquake and amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, a devastating Mw 6.4 earthquake struck near the town of Petrinja, about 50 km SE from the country’s capital Zagreb. It was preceded by the Mw 4.9 foreshock from the day before. The main shock claimed 7 fatalities and caused widespread damage. Historical centers of nearby cities with ...
Dec 29, 2020 · Croatian soldiers walk next to damaged buildings Tuesday in Petrinja, some 30 miles from the capital, Zagreb, after the town was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. Denis Lovrovic/AFP via Getty Images
Aug 24, 2022 · Figure 1. (a) Map of Croatia with the earthquake epicentral region; (b) epicenters of earthquakes recorded within first 2 weeks of 2020–2021 Petrinja earthquake sequence (Herak and Herak, 2021, personal communication) and the fault trace (Tomac et al., 2021); and (c) detail of geological map (Šikić, 2014) showing locations of new and historical cover-collapse sinkholes and study area ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Picture 1: Location of Petrinja earthquake. The Petrinja M6.4 earthquake on December 29, 2020, was an unusual event, accompanied by relatively low shear stress and shear traction fields. Therefore, no medium-term forecasts for this event were possible based on the analysis of shear traction fields produced by tectonic waves.
