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		</div><p>A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia, causing considerable damage to homes and other buildings in a town south east of the capital Zagreb.</p>
<p>A girl was killed in the quake and a man and a boy were pulled out alive from a car buried in rubble and taken to hospital.</p>
<p>The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit 46 kilometres (28 miles) south east of Zagreb.</p>
<p>Initial reports said the earthquake caused widespread damage, collapsing roofs, building facades and even some entire buildings.</p>
<p>The same area was struck by a 5.2 quake on Monday and several smaller aftershocks were felt on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Croatian state broadcaster HRT said a girl died in the earthquake in Petrinja, a town south east of the capital that was hit hardest by the earthquake.</p>
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<p>The same area was struck by a 5.2 quake on Monday and several smaller aftershocks were felt on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Croatian state broadcaster HRT said a girl died in the earthquake in Petrinja, a town south east of the capital that was hit hardest by the earthquake.</p>
<p>Other Croatian media also reported the death, quoting the town’s mayor.</p>
<p>The child’s age or other details were not immediately available.</p>
<p>“The centre of Petrinja as it used to be no longer exists,” HRT said in its report.</p>
<p>“One girl died and there are injuries and people inside collapsed buildings.”</p>
<p>“My town has been completely destroyed, we have dead children,” Petrinja mayor Darinko Dumbovic said in a statement broadcast by HRT TV.</p>
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<p>“This is like Hiroshima – half of the city no longer exists.”</p>
<p>“The city has been demolished, the city is no longer liveable,” he said. “We need help.”</p>
<p>Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic and other government ministers arrived in Petrinja after the earthquake.</p>
<p>The regional N1 television reported live on Tuesday from Petrinja, which was hard-hit in the Monday quake, that a collapsed building had fallen on a car.</p>
<p>The footage showed firefighters trying to remove the debris to reach the car, which was buried underneath.</p>
<p>A man and a small boy were rescued from the car and carried into an ambulance.</p>
<p>In Petrinja, streets were littered with fallen bricks and dust and many houses were completely destroyed.</p>
<p>The Croatian military was deployed in Petrinja to help with the rescue operation.</p>
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<p>Croatian media said people were injured by the quake, but could not initially say how many amid the confusion and downed phone lines.</p>
<p>Croatian seismologist Kresimir Kuk described the earthquake as “extremely strong”, far stronger than another one that hit Zagreb and nearby areas in spring.</p>
<p>He warned people to keep out of potentially shaky, old buildings and move to the newer areas of the city because of the aftershocks.</p>
<p>In Zagreb, people ran out into the streets and parks in fear.</p>
<p>Many were reportedly leaving the city, ignoring a travel ban imposed because of the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>The earthquake on Tuesday was felt throughout the country and in neighbouring Serbia and Bosnia.</p>
<p>It was even felt as far away as Graz in southern Austria, the Austria Press Agency reported.</p>
<p>Authorities in Slovenia said the Krsko nuclear power plant was temporarily shut down following the earthquake.</p>
<p>The power plant is jointly owned by Slovenia and Croatia and located near their border.</p>
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