Moderate earthquake shakes Kosovo
Mar 10, 2010 I Earthquakes.A moderate earthquake has strike Kosovo, Serbian Radio B92 was quoted as saying on March 10.
The Serbian seismological survey institute has confirmed that a moderate earthquake of a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale was noticed. The epicenter was close to the town of Zubin Potok, nearly 15km northwest of Kosovska Mitrovica, depending to the report.
Depending to seismological survey director Branko Dragicevic, an earthquake of such magnitude can probably cause damage to weak building structures, B92 was quoted as saying. Presently there were no reports of structural damage or injuries.
The earthquake in Haiti killed nearly 200,000 locals, significantly greater than the Chilean quake. In an earthquake condition, the construction protocol of buildings can play a key part in what the mortality rate is in a quake’s aftermath. As a result of the earthquakes in Chile & Haiti, with the false tsunami in Hawaii, many national governments are stressing construction protocols that can cope with freak earthquakes & other natural disasters.
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