#petrinja

Yesterday, a deadly earthquake hit Croatia. It killed at least seven people and created great damage to the infrastructure across the country. The country is immediate need of support. Find out in our post what happened, what the EU is doing to help, and how we can support, too. Please help us raise money for the innocent victims in Croatia by sharing, liking, and commenting our post, so that more people see it. Thank you ❤️

(Last updated on 31st december 2020. at 13:57 CET)

From Monday, 28th of December Croatia was struck by more than 50 earthquakes, some strong, some weak, but the most serious ones struck: Monday (28.12) at 6:28 (M5.1), Monday (28.12) at 7:49 (M4.7) and Tuesday (29.12) at 12:19 (M6.4).

They were all near towns Petrinja and Sisak, but they were felt throughout Croatia and even in Austria.

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So far there have been reported 7 deaths, one of which is a 12 year old girl. (source here// timeline of today’s happenings)

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So far many people have been hospitalized.

Unfortunately some parts of hospital in Sisak have been destroyed in the earthquake so patients were/are being transfered to Zagreb.

You can see the moment the earthquake hit here.

The ground is still shaking.

IMPORTANT:

All people whose houses have been destroyed in the earthquake visit this link for a temporary accommodation.

Svim ljudi čije su kuće/stanovi uništeni u potresu posjetite ovaj link za pronalazak privremenog smještaja.

(the site is constantly updated)

Updates:

There have been reports of another earthquake 12 kilometers southwest of Zagreb at 18:21 (M3,3).

Another earthquake struck near Sisak and Petrinja at 18:43 with magnitude of 3,9.

An earthquake (M3.8) struck 9 kilometers southwest of Sisak at 20:31.

Yesterday between 12:19 and 18:00 there have been 16 earthquakes most of them with a magnitude around 3 (none of them with a magnitude less than 3). All had epicenters near Petrinja and Sisak.

There was an earthquake at 21:31 with magnitude of 3.1, epicenter 15 kilometers from Sisak.

People whose homes were destroyed, were put in barracks in Petrinja. There, employees of the Red cross are taking care of them.

At 6:15 there was another earthquake (M4.9) with an epicenter 16 kilometers northwest of Sisak. It was followed by two earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 (time: 6:26) and 3.9 (time: 6:29).

From 8:00 there have been 8 earthquakes weakes had magnitude of 2.2 and strongest 4.0.

There was an earthquake (M3.7) at 4:43.

Another earthquake struck at 9:15, magnitude 4.0.

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IF YOU WANT TO HELP:

Donate to any of these links:

First link - currently at 9% of the goal

Second link - currently at 75% of the goal

Third link - goal is reached (100%)

Make a money donation to Croatian Red cross:

If you are from Croatia:

Banka: Privredna banka Zagreb d.d.

IBAN: HR6923400091511555516

Poziv na broj (Call on number): 770

If you are from abroad:

Za uplate iz inozemstva (For payments from abroad):

SWIFT CODE: PBZGHR2X

(information taken from here - under 20:46)

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I just want to thank all of you who are in any way interacting with this post. It is greatly appreciated. So thank you for helping to raise awareness.

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These are just some pictures from Petrinja and Sisak:

You can see the video showing more here

https://twitter.com/theruralareas/status/1343933241812680705?s=21

Please keep Croatia and especially Petrinja and Sisak in your prayers.

DONATE on this link if you can

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