Light mag. 2.8 earthquake - Grad Petrinja, 16 km west of Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, on Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 5:59 am (GMT +1) -

Light mag. 2.8 earthquake - Grad Petrinja, 16 km west of Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, on Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 5:59 am (GMT +1)

Light magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 5 km depth

4 Feb 05:04 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 4 minutes.
4 Feb 05:06: Magnitude recalculated from 2.5 to 2.7. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 16.0 to 5.0 km (from 9.9 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 28 km (17 mi) towards SE.
4 Feb 06:41: Magnitude recalculated from 2.7 to 2.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 2.0 km (from 3.1 to 1.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.4 km (2.1 mi) towards NNW.
4 Feb 08:26: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.0 to 5.0 km (from 1.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards S.
Date & time: 4 Feb 2021 04:59:36 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 5:59 am (GMT +1)
Magnitude: 2.8
Depth: 5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 45.42°N / 16.19°E (Grad Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia)
Nearby towns and cities:
0 km (0 mi) WNW of Gora (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 264) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) WSW of Petrinja (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) NNW of Grabovac Banski (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 200) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (8 mi) NE of Glina (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 3,130) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) WSW of Sisak (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 35,700) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) SE of Donji Hruševec (Zagrebačka) (pop: 332) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) S of Lekenik (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 1,870) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) ENE of Donja Čemernica (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 170) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) SSW of Desno Trebarjevo (Sisačko-Moslavačka) (pop: 334) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) SSE of Zagreb (City of Zagreb) (pop: 699,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 12°C (54 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from WSW
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
2.85 kmCROATIAEMSC
3.210 kmCroatiaKRZO

User reports for this quake (16)

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13.7 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s (reported through our app)
48.6 km NNW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
5.9 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : A mild bump on the ground while I was standing, wasn't shure if it was an earthquake or not  
5.9 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : A mild bump on the ground while standing, wasn't shure if it was an earthquake or not  
42.2 km NNW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
29.3 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Sisak (16.3 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s : Sisak kratak trzaj (reported through our app)  
15.5 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Petrinja (11.3 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / 2-5 s : 2 udara i trešnja (reported through our app)  
17.1 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
16.3 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
At home in Petrinja / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s
Sisak / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
Majski Trtnik / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
SISAK / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / 1-2 s : lagani tihi brzi udar  
Sisak / Light shaking (MMI IV) : 2-3 sec  
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