In the earthquake that hit Zagreb and its surroundings, a total of 27 people were injured, 18 of them seriously, and doctors are still fighting for a 15-year-old girl's life, announced this morning the Minister of the Interior Davor Božinović.
During the night, several weaker earthquakes were recorded, and many citizens spent the night outside their homes, because their homes were damaged in the earthquake.
"All those who could not sleep in their houses were taken care of, and 59 of them spent the night in the student dormitory," said Božinović.
He stated that according to the data of the Crisis Staff, 250 buildings were damaged, but that inspections are still being carried out, and added that the police secured the affected part of the city during the night.
"From yesterday to this morning at 3.00:37 a.m., there were 5.5 earthquakes, which is actually expected when the first earthquake is XNUMX degrees on the Richter scale. Citizens should be careful because Zagreb is currently a seismologically active area, but we hope that there will be no need for with a new engagement of the services," Božinović warned.
Seismologist Krešimir Kuk told Hrvatski Radio that several weaker earthquakes were recorded last night, one of which was of moderate strength, at three o'clock. He was felt, as he said, by individuals in the city area and a larger number of people in the epicentral area of Kašina and Markuševac.
"What we can say is that it is normal for the ground to shake constantly and this will continue for weeks and months," Cook said, adding that the strength of subsequent earthquakes cannot be predicted.
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5,3 hit Zagreb on Sunday at 6.23:5,2 a.m., a new earthquake of magnitude 7 was felt at XNUMX a.m.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Center announced that the epicenter of the first recorded earthquake was seven kilometers north of Zagreb, six kilometers southeast of Kašina, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The strict center of the city suffered the most, where numerous residential buildings, houses, hospitals, schools, museums were damaged, as well as cars on which parts of facades and roofs fell.
The Ministry of Culture announced that a number of buildings of cultural-historical architectural heritage on individually protected cultural assets and on buildings within the protected whole of the City of Zagreb were damaged.
The south tower of the Zagreb Cathedral, which is under renovation, was damaged, and part of the ceiling collapsed in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Remet.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Palmotićeva Street was also badly damaged, where the ceiling collapsed, as well as several other churches, including the Cathedral of the Metropolitan Church of the Zagreb-Ljubljana SPC in the city center.
The building of the Croatian Parliament and the Faculty of Law were also damaged.
Also near the epicenter of the earthquake, in Čučerje, numerous damages were recorded to residential buildings, mostly on the roofs of houses and chimneys.
Numerous citizens left Zagreb yesterday in fear of new earthquakes despite the recommendations related to the coronavirus.
However, the National Headquarters of Civil Protection announced a new measure from today, which prohibits leaving the place of residence and residence, and Minister Davor Božinović said that he will allow time for those who left the city during the day to return home.
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