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PRJ-2959 | StEER-EERI: PETRINJA, CROATIA DECEMBER 29, 2020, Mw 6.4 EARTHQUAKE
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Project TypeField research
Natural Hazard Type(s)Earthquake
Event(s)
Croatia EQ | Sisak-Moslavina (Croatia) | 2020-11-03 ― 2020-11-03 | Lat 45.422°N long 16.255°E
Awards
EAGER: Operationalization of the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network | CMMI-1841667
KeywordsEERI, LFE, StEER, reconnaissance, earthquake, Sisak-Moslavina, Zagreb, Croatia, damage assessment
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Description:

On December 29, 2020 a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Sisak-Moslavina county of Croatia. The earthquake occurred along the Popusko-Petrinja strike slip fault within the Eurasia plate at a depth of 10 km with an epicenter at 45.422°N 16.255°E, three kilometers (km) west-southwest of the city of Petrinja. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was VII (severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale and VIII (heavily damaging) to IX (destructive) on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS). Due to the earthquake and resulting damage, there were seven fatalities, 26 people were injured, and many hundreds of people were displaced from their homes. The most affected city was Petrinja, but severe damage also occurred in Sisak, Dvor, Glina, Topusko, as well as in Croatia’s capital Zagreb, located approximately 50 km northwest of the epicenter. Damage was also reported in neighboring countries, including Slovenia, located north of Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of this region of Croatia. This Joint Reconnaissance Report between EERI LFE and StEER will serve as the primary synopsis of this event.

Document Collection | JOINT RECONNAISSANCE REPORT (JRR)
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Miranda, E., S. Brzev, N. Bijelic, Ž. Arbanas, M. Bartolac, V. Jagodnik, D. Lazarević, S. Mihalić Arbanas, S. Zlatović, A. Acosta Vera, J. Archbold, J. Bantis, N. Blagojevic, J. Borozan, I. Božulić, C. Cruz, H. Dávalos, E. Fischer, S. Gunay, M. Hadzima-Nyarko, P. Heresi, D. Lignos, T. Lin, M. Marinkovic, A. Messina, S. Miranda, A. Poulos, G. Scagliotti, I. Tomac, I. Tomic, K. Ziotopoulou, Ž. Žugić, I. Robertson (2021). "JOINT RECONNAISSANCE REPORT (JRR)", in StEER-EERI: PETRINJA, CROATIA DECEMBER 29, 2020, Mw 6.4 EARTHQUAKE. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-1w0y-5080

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Date Published2021-01-27
DOI10.17603/ds2-1w0y-5080
License
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Description:

The purpose of this Joint Reconnaissance Report between EERI and StEER is to provide timely information on this earthquake, an overview of the hazard characteristics, and a summary of preliminary damage reports to buildings, bridges, roads, and other infrastructure. Moreover, key findings are also summarized with regard to geotechnical failures that include liquefaction, lateral spreading, landslides, sinkholes and damage to the extended levee system along the Kupa, Odra and Sava rivers. Note that all observations and findings provided in this JRR should be considered preliminary and are based on the limited scope of the Field Investigations led by colleagues in the region.

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Field AssessmentPreliminary Virtual Assessment
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