A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Petrinja in Croatia. Exact location of event, longitude 16.2295 East, latitude 45.4547 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:49:56 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000d3lf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d3lf. Global time and date of event 28/12/20 / 2020-12-28 06:49:56 / December 28, 2020 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poljčane, Markovci, Majšperk (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Zagreb – Centar (c. 800 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Zagreb (c. 699 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Banja Luka (c. 221 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bihać (c. 75 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sesvete (c. 52 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Karlovac (c. 48 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Varaždin (c. 41 800 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WNW of Petrinja, Croatia.
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