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After a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Croatia, the Krsko nuclear power plant was shut down in neighboring Slovenia.
It is a precautionary measure, said a spokeswoman for the facility for the AFP news agency.
The earthquake could also be felt in several neighboring countries of Croatia, it was already the second quake within only 30 hours.
The earthquakes had reached a magnitude of 6.3, the epicenter was 46 kilometers southeast of the capital Zagreb, the seismological center for the European Mediterranean announced on Tuesday.
In the first reports there was talk of major damage.
House roofs, facades and entire buildings collapsed, it said.
A tremor was also felt on Monday
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The earth had already shaken in this area on Monday, at that time with a magnitude of 5.2 and 5.0.
These tremors were also felt in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Only in March did a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Zagreb cause major damage.
A youth had died and more than two dozen people were injured.
The regional television station N1 reported from the city of Petrinja, which was already affected on Monday, that a building there had crashed into a car.
Film footage showed how fire fighters tried to clear debris from the vehicle.
A person was sitting in the car, reported the transmitter.
In Austria, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna (ZAMG) spoke of a strength of 6.1.
The quake was noticeable in many regions of Austria, for example in Carinthia, Styria and the Vienna area.
The earthquake was also felt in some areas of Italy, as the Italian civil protection authority announced.
The authority is in contact with their local facilities.
Numerous Italian users wrote on Twitter that they had felt the quake.