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Petrinja: This damage comes from the earthquake on December 29th
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A good week after a devastating 6.4 magnitude earthquake, another strong earthquake shook the region southeast of Zagreb on Wednesday evening.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) gave the strength as 5.0.
The epicenter was in the small Croatian town of Petrinja, 45 kilometers southeast of the country's capital.
The place had already been badly affected by the quake on December 29th.
Mayor Darinko Dumbovic told the news portal jutarnji.hr on Wednesday evening that bricks and rubble had fallen and cracks in damaged houses had enlarged.
There were no reports of injuries.
The quake more than a week ago devastated Petrinja as well as the small towns of Sisak and Glina and the villages in between.
Seven people were killed and 26 others were injured.
Numerous aftershocks worried the population of the region.
The Balkan region is at great risk of earthquakes because the African plate is pushed under the Eurasian plate there.
Only in March was Zagreb hit by a 5.3 magnitude quake.
An even more violent earthquake in the region occurred further south in Albania.
In November 2019, a 6.4 dozen earthquake killed more than 650 people.
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