Quake Info: Moderate Mag. 4.5 Earthquake - 1.3 km West of Petkovac, Town of Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, on Saturday, Jan 9, 2021 at 10:29 pm (GMT +1)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

9 Jan 21:31 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 2 minutes.
9 Jan 21:35: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 4.5. Epicenter location corrected by 2.7 km (1.7 mi) towards NW.
9 Jan 21:37: Now using data updates from EMSC
9 Jan 21:45: Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards N.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 9, 2021 21:29:09 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Jan 9, 2021 at 10:29 pm (GMT +1)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	45.35°N / 16.35°E (Town of Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia)
Antipode	45.35°S / 163.65°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	808 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	5 km (3 mi) SE of Donja Budičina (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 236) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) SSE of Petrinja (pop: 15,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) S of Sisak (pop: 35,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 33 km (20 mi) SW of Popovača (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 12,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (23 mi) WSW of Kutina (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 14,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 46 km (28 mi) SSE of Velika Gorica (Zagreb) (pop: 31,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 57 km (35 mi) SSE of Sesvete (City of Zagreb) (pop: 52,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 59 km (37 mi) SSE of Zagreb (City of Zagreb) (pop: 699,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) SE of Stenjevec (City of Zagreb) (pop: 41,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 0.1°C (32 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	10 km	- 2 km SSE of Petrinja, Croatia	EMSC
4.1	10 km	CROATIA	GFZ
4.7	10.1 km	Croatia [Land]	INGV
4.8	8.7 km	2 Km SSE of Petrinja, Croatia	USGS
4.4	9 km	Sisak / Kroatien, Croatia	ZAMG
4.9	10 km	Croatia	KRZO
4.6	10 km	KROATIEN, Croatia	Uni Köln
4.7	5 km	Croatia Region	NIEP

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Seismic station: Arzberg, Steiermark, Austria (ARSA/OE network) | Distance from quake: 221 km / 137 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Arzberg, Steiermark, Austria: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Našice, Osječko-Baranjska Županija (129.5 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Zagreb (56.5 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Novi Zagreb (56.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Jankomir, City of Zagreb (59.7 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Novi Zagreb (54 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Bedekovčina, Krapinsko-Zagorska (81.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Lonjica, Grad Vrbovec, Zagrebačka (57.1 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s (reported through our app)

Ljubešćica, Varaždinska (95.7 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s

Donja Lomnica, Grad Velika Gorica, Zagrebačka (46.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Sisak, Sisačko-Moslavačka (12.1 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)

Gradiska (74.2 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s

Brckovljani, Zagrebačka (51.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Gorišnica (120.6 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 1-2 s

Mali zdenci (71.5 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Jankomir, City of Zagreb (61.4 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Virovitica (97.2 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)

Varaždin (107.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Krsko (95.7 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Poljčane (122.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s : Light shaking for 2 - 3 seconds

Zagreb, HR.21.3186885 (57.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Gornji Smrtici (116.6 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

Sveta Nedjelja, Zagrebačka (65.7 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s (reported through our app)

Mraclin, Grad Velika Gorica, Zagrebačka (39.5 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 10-15 s (reported through our app)

Jankomir, City of Zagreb (58.9 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake (reported through our app)

near Korenica, Garčin, Slavonski Brod-Posavina (142.2 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)

Desinic (104.3 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Bunjani (40.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

Zagreb, HR.21.3186885 (63.5 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s (reported through our app)

Kiskunfélegyhaza, Bács-Kiskun (310.5 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)

Marburg an der Drau, Maribor (144 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / very short (reported through our app)

Bedekovčina, Krapinsko-Zagorska (82.6 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 1.3 km west of Petkovac, Town of Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, on Saturday, Jan 9, 2021 at 10:29 pm (GMT +1)

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

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