Zagreb hit by earthquake while in coronavirus lockdown
Source: The Guardian
A strong earthquake has shaken the Croatian capital, Zagreb, bringing much of the population on to the streets after social distancing regulations to prevent the spread of coronavirus had been put in place.
The quake, which struck shortly after 6am local time on Sunday, caused widespread damage, including to the citys cathedral, and the evacuation of hospitals. A 15-year-old was in a critical condition and 16 others were injured as a result of the quake, Croatian authorities said on Sunday afternoon.
The epicentre was four miles north of Zagreb at a depth of six miles, and the 5.3-magnitude earthquake was followed by a number of smaller tremors. The prime minister, Andrej Plenković, said the earthquake was the biggest in Zagreb in the last 140 years.
Many buildings in the capital cracked and walls and rooftops were damaged. Streets were littered with debris. Concrete slabs fell on cars and chimneys landed in front of building entrances.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/22/croatia-earthquake-causes-widespread-damage-zagreb
A lot of rubble in the streets; video here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51995861
JudyM
(29,251 posts)mindem
(1,580 posts)Fracking?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)brush
(53,784 posts)RussBLib
(9,019 posts)If I were religious, I might think god was pissed about something.
Igel
(35,317 posts)and the pandemic most places, we've forgotten all about the locusts in Somalia and Ethiopia.
http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/index.html
And yet, I can't help but snicker at "Locust Watch." I mean, at some point reality is sort of over the top.
Next up--Bueno Aires gets struck by a smallish asteroid and the Greenland ice sheet slides into the sea, causing a tsunami that wipes out Ireland's ventilator industry. But oddly spares Trump's golf course.
Stuart G
(38,430 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 22, 2020, 10:42 PM - Edit history (1)
If you hit the link below, you can see a video of damage, from BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51995800/zagreb-hit-by-largest-earthquake-in-140-years
Stuart G
(38,430 posts)Hit the map link below and you can see where this is.
Zagreb Croatia is about 200 miles Northeast of Rome Italy across the Adriatic Sea. About 200 miles southwest of Budapest Hungary.
..Metropolitan population is about 1,000,000 people
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Zagreb,+Croatia/@45.6471891,13.8055108,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4765d692c902cc39:0x3a45249628fbc28a!8m2!3d45.8150108!4d15.9819189