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At approximately 6:24 AM CET on the morning of 22 March 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 Mw, 5.5 ML, hit Zagreb, Croatia, with an epicenter 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the city centre. [1] [4] [5] [6] The maximum felt intensity was VII–VIII ( Very strong to Damaging) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale.
- 1 dead, 26 injured
- 2020-03-22 05:24:03
The maximum perceived intensity at the epicenter was estimated VII on the EMS scale (Seismological Survey url), a strong earthquake with MMI intensity of VII (Markušić et al. 2020, USGS url). This was by far the strongest earthquake that hit Zagreb in the last 140 years, since the great M L 6.2 Zagreb earthquake of 1880.
- Josip Atalić, Mario Uroš, Marta Šavor Novak, Marija Demšić, Miroslav Nastev
- 2021
Mar 26, 2022 · In the broader region of Central Croatia, the most active area is close to the capital city, Zagreb, about 50 km from the 2020 main shock epicentre. On the 20 March 2020, the city was shaken by an M L 5.5 earthquake, caused by an ENE–WSW blind reverse fault under the capital city.
Apr 28, 2021 · On 29 December 2020 at 11:19 (UTC), a moment magnitude (Mw) 6.4 earthquake struck central Croatia near the city of Petrinja, a settlement of about 25,000 inhabitants in the region of...
- Emanuele Tondi, Emanuele Tondi, Anna Maria Blumetti, Mišo Čičak, Pio Di Manna, Paolo Galli, Chiara I...
- 2021
After 1900 the strongest event that happened in Zagreb area occurred on 22 March, 2020, 140 years after the “Great Zagreb earthquake” . Its epicentre was 7 km north of the centre of Zagreb, in the vicinity of Markuševac and Čučerje, and the hypocentre was at a depth of 10 km.
- Davor Stanko, Snježana Markušić, Tvrtko Korbar, Josip Ivančić
- 2020
May 2, 2022 · In 2020 Croatia was stuck with two major earthquakes: on March 22nd with epicentre 7 km north of Zagreb city centre (5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale) and on 29th Decembre with epicentre 5 km south of city of Petrinja (6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale).
An overview of observed damage caused directly and by the aftermaths of the earthquakes in Croatia: Zagreb in March and Petrinja in December 2020 is given. Most of the damage is recorded on historical buildings with brick walls and wood floors and roofs, but some damage on contemporary structures is also noted.
