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After the severe earthquake in Croatia with at least seven dead, several aftershocks shook the region on Wednesday.

The most violent, with a magnitude of 4.7, was reported near the city of Petrinja, which was badly damaged in the quake on Tuesday.

Numerous people spent the night there in freezing temperatures in tents, cars or barracks.

For fear of the aftershocks, many did not venture back into their homes.

Helpers searched the rubble for possible survivors even at night.

“It was a tough night,” said Neven Pavkovic from Petrinja.

“I slept maybe half an hour.” In the nearby village of Majske Poljane, where five people were killed, there was great despair on Wednesday.

Crying residents said they had been given blankets and food but had no idea what to do next.

The mayor of Petrinja, Darinko Dumbovic, said on Croatian radio that the aftershocks were affecting his city, which was already partially destroyed.

"What has not fallen down before, is now falling from the ruins of Petrinja." The people would be terrified.

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Pope Francis prayed for the victims and their families.

The Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic declared Saturday the day of national mourning.

A travel ban imposed because of the corona pandemic was lifted, but Plenkovic warned that the other measures should be observed.

"We are still fighting against Covid-19, it would not be good to be careless now."

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday was the most violent in Croatia since modern seismic measurements were introduced.

The center of the particularly affected city of Petrinja is practically in ruins, it said on Tuesday.

Photos circulating on Twitter seemed to confirm this.

Serious damage was also reported from the capital, Zagreb.

In neighboring Slovenia, the Krsko nuclear power plant was shut down because of the tremors.

It is a precautionary measure, said a spokeswoman for the facility for the AFP news agency.

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The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring countries of Croatia.

It was the second quake in just 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.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised the country help.

“We are ready to support,” she wrote on Twitter after a conversation with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.

She asked the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Janez Lenarcic to travel to the earthquake area as soon as possible.

"We stand on the side of Croatia," emphasized von der Leyen.

A tremor was also felt on Monday

The earth in this area had already shaken on Monday.

These tremors were also felt in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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.

The center of the quake was near Zagreb

Source: Infographic WORLD / Paul Daniel

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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.

Even in the Munich area, the Technical University of Munich reported measurable vibrations, as reported by Radio Gong.

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.

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.