Earthquake in the area of ​​Split: "Cabinets swayed in houses, flat-screen TVs fell"

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4,7 on the Richter scale shook the Split area in Croatia and its surroundings just before 14 p.m. today, Slobodna Dalmacija reports, stating that it lasted for a short time, about ten seconds, but that it was felt quite strongly.

According to the first information, the earthquake shook the entire Makarska coast, and several smaller tremors followed.

The epicenter was 36 kilometers east of Split, and nine kilometers north of Donji Brel, at a depth of two kilometers in Biokovo, writes Slobodna Dalmacija.

"The main shock lasted about fifteen seconds, wardrobes were swaying in our houses, flat-screen TVs were falling from the stands, walls were swaying," citizens reported to Slobodna Dalmacija.