6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Croatia

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29 Dec 2020, 8:13 am

Powerful earthquake strikes central Croatia, severely damaging the town of Petrinja.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/29/strong-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-central-croatia

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29 Dec 2020, 12:17 pm

Oh dear, hope everybody is okay, or at least as okay as can be.

Given the related article listed below this on the web page, I wonder if the area is generally earthquake prone?

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29 Dec 2020, 2:56 pm

Back in the days of the dinosaurs Italy broke off from north Africa, and eventually slammed into the belly of Europe thrusting up the Alps. And Italy is still pushing its way north stressing the crust. So yes, all of the mountain ranges that radiate out of the Alps in southeast Europe, like in former Yugoslavia, are geologically active, and have their share of earthquakes.

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30 Dec 2020, 9:06 pm

gee, i hope our croatian moderator member is ok, booyakasha.

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01 Jan 2021, 4:52 pm

I read that more than 20,000 buildings were damaged. :/

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01 Jan 2021, 11:58 pm

i live where there are many smaller quakes in a year, we here are overdue for The Big One, i fear.

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02 Jan 2021, 3:26 am

auntblabby wrote:

i live where there are many smaller quakes in a year, we here are overdue for The Big One, i fear.

At least you live in the woods.

I live North of you on the suburbs of what’s known as “the city of glass.” How fking stupid to build skyscrapers sheathed in glass on a major fault line.. def hope I’m not downtown if & when The Big One hits.

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02 Jan 2021, 5:16 am

goldfish21 wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i live where there are many smaller quakes in a year, we here are overdue for The Big One, i fear.

my tin can would collapse like a house of cards in a stiff breeze. likely with me in it. oh well, i hear heaven is nice.

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