M 6.4 in Croatia on 29 Dec 2020 11:19 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1249497
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Glide number: EQ-2020-000040-HRV
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.4121 , 16.2977
Event Date: 29 Dec 2020 11:19 UTC
29 Dec 2020 12:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 71000 people in MMI
2820000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Dec 2020 11:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.5 (Croatia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bosnia & Herzegovina= 4.5; Croatia= 3.1; Slovenia= 1.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
us6000d3zh Scaled population (raster) 4.94  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.76  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 830 | About casualties: 111 | Last hour: 0

Croatia observing day of morning for earthquake victimsSat, 02 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100.

Zagreb, 2 January 2021 (Hina/MIA) – Croatia declared 2 January 2021 as a Day of Mourning for the victims killed in the magnitude 6.2 earthquake which struck Sisak-Moslavina County on 29 December, taking seven lives, injuring dozens and caus
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Croatia observes day of mourning for earthquake victimsSat, 02 Jan 2021 10:55:00 +0100.

ZAGREB, Jan 2 -- Croatia observed the day of mourning Saturday for the victims killed in the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck Sisak-Moslavina County on Dec 29, Croatian HINA news agency reported. On Saturday, flags were flown at half-ma
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Croatia Observing Day of Mourning for Earthquake VictimsSat, 02 Jan 2021 09:07:00 +0100.

ZAGREB, 2 January, 2021 - Croatia declared 2 January 2021 as a Day of Mourning for the victims killed in the magnitude 6.2 earthquake which struck Sisak-Moslavina County on 29 December, taking seven lives, injuring dozens and causing huge d
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MIL-OSI USA: REP LIEU STATEMENT ON RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN CROATIASat, 02 Jan 2021 02:41:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Croatia was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. “I am praying for the people of Croatia following this week’s devastating earthquake. The
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),