Aftershocks rock Croatia as rescuers search for quake survivors
30 December 2020 - 14:19
Zagreb — Rescuers raced to search for survivors amid strong aftershocks after Croatia’s worst earthquake in 140 years killed seven people and devastated cities and towns in one of the nation’s poorest regions.
The 6.3-magnitude tremor on Tuesday damaged most of the buildings near its epicentre in Petrinja, a town of 25,000 people, rendering them unusable and their inhabitants homeless, authorities said...
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