Petrinja: A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing considerable damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of Zagreb, the capital.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Center said an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit 46 kilometers (17 miles) southeast of Zagreb.
Initial reports said the earthquake caused wide damage, collapsing roofs, building facades and even some entire buildings.
A man and a boy were pulled out alive from a car buried in rubble and sent to a hospital.
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Video from Al Jazeera Balkans showed one of its correspondents reporting from the town of Petrinja as the area is struck by an aftershock.
Streets in the town were littered with fallen bricks and dust and many houses were completely destroyed.
The Croatian military was deployed in Petrinja to help with the rescue operation.
Croatian media said people were injured by the quake, but could not initially say how many amid the confusion and downed phone lines.
The same area was struck by a 5.2 quake on Monday.
AP
