A 12-YEAR-OLD girl is among seven people so far known to have died when a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Croatia on Tuesday.
Video from the aftermath of the quake, which struck near the town of Petrinja at 11:19 GMT, showed buildings collapsed and locals searching for survivors among the rubble.
The quake was felt strongly some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the epicentre, in the country's capital Zagreb, where panicked residents raced onto the streets.
The US Geological Survey said it struck at a depth of 10 kilometres.
Footage shows buildings caved in, rubble strewn across the streets and rescue teams searching amongst the debris.
"We are pulling people from cars, we don't know if we have dead or injured," the mayor of Petrinja, Darinko Dumbovic, told regional broadcaster N1.
"There is general panic, people are looking for their loved ones."
He said that "half of the city had been destroyed" and pleaded for help to be sent to Petrinja immediately.
Defense Minister Tomo Medved confirmed that six people - a 12-year-old girl in Petrinja and five people in the nearby village of Majske Poljane - have been killed.
The area was struck by a 5.2 magnitude quake on Monday, which was followed by several smaller aftershocks felt on Tuesday.
It also hit some parts of neighbouring Slovenia, resulting in the closure of the countries nuclear power station as a precautionary measure.
The quake was felt throughout Serbia, Bosnia and southern Austria, according to the Austria Press Agency.
It was even felt across Italy, reaching Venice, Milan, and Vienna.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) estimated that the magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Petrinja was felt by six million people, according to Richter.
Live footage aired by N1 on Tuesday showed a collapsed building that had fallen on a car, as firefighters attempted to free the passengers.
A man and a small boy were rescued from
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