A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck early this morning in Montenegro.
The tremors were also clearly felt in neighboring countries in the Balkans and the Adriatic.
Plužine – The earth in the Mediterranean region does not rest.
It was only on Monday that an earthquake in southern Italy sent people into turmoil.
The quake had its epicenter at the foot of the supervolcano Vesuvius.
On Thursday, the earth shook again in southern regions of Italy on the Adriatic coast, the Italian news agency
Ansa
reported.
This time the source of the earthquake was in the northwest of Montenegro.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake is said to have occurred there early in the morning.
Moderate earthquake in Montenegro felt in several countries
Shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday (March 14), Montenegro was hit by the moderate earthquake.
According to the Croatian Seismological Service (Seizmološka služba HR), the epicenter was near the town of Plužine, in the north of the country, about 50 kilometers northeast of the Croatian holiday destination of Dubrovnik.
According to the Croatian Seismological Service, the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale.
According to Montenegro's public broadcaster, the earthquake was heard throughout the country.
In addition to Montenegro, Italy and Croatia, the quake is said to have been felt in other neighboring countries in the Balkan region, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the portal
dnevnik.hr
reports.
After the first moderate earthquake according to the Richter scale, further tremors occurred, as the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) announced on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
#Earthquake (#земљотрес, #zemljotres) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M2.8 ||
30 km NW of #Nikšić (#Montenegro) ||
12 minutes ago (local time 05:38:53).
Follow the thread for the updates👇 pic.twitter.com/7gjd1AAWK6
— EMSC (@LastQuake) March 14, 2024
No major damage reported so far - those affected report being “afraid of death”
According to media reports, there are currently no reports of any major damage or injuries.
However, the Hydro-meteorological and Seismological Institute (Zhms) of Montenegro stated that the quake may have caused some material damage in the area of the epicenter.
The Adriatic region was already shaken by significant tremors at the end of February.
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A moderate earthquake struck Montenegro, the Balkan region and even Italy on Thursday (March 14).
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© Pond5 Images/Imago Screenshot EMSC
As
dnevnik.hr
reports, the EMSC has already received numerous eyewitness reports as a result of the quake.
“It was terrible,” they said, for example.
“I jumped out of my sleep,” reported another affected person.
Other descriptions sound much more dramatic: “I was scared to death,” someone reported to the seismological center.
Category list image: © Pond5 Images/Imago Screenshot EMSC