January the 1st, 2020 – The horrendous Petrinja earthquake which affected numerous central Croatian locations including Petrinja, Sisak, Glina and other smaller surrounding settlements took homes and even lives in the blink of an eye at the end of an absolutely terrible year.
Like the earthquake which occurred back in March 2020 in Zagreb, the natural disaster has caused tremendous amounts of material damage in an area of Croatia which has long since been neglected in many ways. The sound of an earthquake isn’t something anyone who has experienced it is ever likely to forget. I can still hear the deafening sound of the Zagreb earthquake which hit the capital in the spring of last year, but what is the sensation of the plates moving when out in the middle of a body of water like?
The Petrinja earthquake will remain etched in the collective Croatian memory for a lifetime, with the reconstruction of Petrinja, if anything like Croatia’s snail pace standards for other things, likely to last just as long. Nature heals far quicker than man made structures could ever wish to, and one man who was out in the middle of a lake at the time of the Petrinja earthquake’s strike filmed his bizarre experience, one he isn’t likely to have again.
Watch the video below:
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