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Croatia's Volcanic Activity

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       According to the  Croatia Mysterious  boaters who have the opportunity to sail have the wonderful choice to pick where to sial because of the thousands of islands are around.  The islands of the Kvarner, Zadar, Šibenik, Split or Dubrovnik archipelago will satisfy all appetites and affinities in the search for the perfect bay, heavenly beach or hidden resting spot, but the Adriatic hides other uncut diamonds for ambitious boaters looking for an adventure.  The other end of the Vis triangle closest to Jabuka is the neighbouring islet Brusnik. It is almost 150 million years old and also made of volcanic rock rich in magnetite. Their was two volcano eruptions that did impacted the Croatia island's at the beginning of the 19th century ( 2 volcanos ).  The old man Brusnik, one of the only 2 volcanoes that are located in Croatia. Is it really a fairytale or could it be the actual truth?  are made of. From afar, it looks like something st...

Croatia Earthquakes

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 Croatia's has frequent earthquakes that range from 2 - 2.5 magnitude on the Richter scale and their was one on September 3 of 1.3 magnitude (  volcanodiscovery ). Earthquakes in Croatia could cause damage to the structures and loss of lives. Their was an earthquake in 2020 of a 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale that hit the region of Petrinja near Sisak, in the Center of Croatia. This one caused a lot of damage to infrastructure, buildings and loss of life (  Gov.uk ).                 Croatia is on a major fault line where some experts have thought of Croatia being activally because of where it is located. Their is about 200 earthquakes that happen in Croatia yearly but if the series of earthquakes are taken into consideration theirs more of them happening. According to t he USGS, has posted an  event page  providing more details. Perceived shaking for the earthquake was very strong. The preliminary  ...

Croatia Tectonic Plate Boundary

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                Croatia is situated in a collision zone that is part of the Mediterranean convergence zone, collision zone  between Africa and Eurasian tectonic plate (   Geomsat ). Croatia is on a major fault line that extends from the split in the south to Karlovac in the north (  how to prep for earthquake. ) In the year 2020 is was a vary prolific (meaning that they where constant and in large numbers) for earthquakes for Croatia and especially in the northern part of the country that is being surrendering Zagreb. Not all the buildings in Coratia are earthquake proof but it wasn't until the 1960's that the building needed to be earthquake proof.