A stronger earthquake in the afternoon was recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the epicenter near Tuzla.
As reported by the EMSC portal, the magnitude of the earthquake was 4.1 on the Richter scale, and the epicenter was recorded 17 kilometers northeast of Tuzla.
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The ground shaking was recorded at 5:23 p.m., and according to readers, the earthquake lasted for ten seconds on two occasions.
The earthquake was at a depth of one kilometer near Lukavac.
As it was confirmed for Klix.ba from the Operational Center of Civil Protection of Tuzla Canton, no material damage caused by ground shaking was recorded.
“Citizens have not reported material damage to buildings. We believe that it will remain so because the intensity of the earthquake should not cause damage,” they told Klix.ba from the Tuzla Canton Civil Protection Operations Center.
