4 hours agoThe Croatian town where the land became Swiss “right”
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Village villagers in northern Croatia are fearing their homes could be swallowed up by large pits that are constantly opening up. More than 100 Ssh have been opened for a month. Now, scientists are trying to figure out if the remaining land is safe. It happened without waiting and remembering. U [...]
It happened without waiting and remembering. A big hole opened while the villagers tried to plant potatoes. 100 feet [30 m] wide and 15 feet [15 m] deep, filled with water. And she wasn't the first.
Within weeks, dozens of similar pits were dug around the village of Mechencanin and in the nearby village of Borojovic in Croatia's northeast, reports the BBC, translates Periscopi.
All of these were presented on January 5th, just six days after the frightening 6.4 - degree earthquake that struck the area near the city of Petrinje. It was the strongest earthquake that had hit Croatia in more than four decades, killing seven people and destroying thousands of homes.
The pit in the village garden named Borojevik was the largest in the area when it first opened. It was 30 feet [10 m] wide, but then it began to grow and grow.
“No one expected the presentation of so many pits,” said seismologist Josip Stipchevic of the Geophysics Department in Zagreb.
Now, scientists are studying the same area to understand the reason behind the holes.
“Situata in Croatia can be seen as warning of what could happen in earthquake states and areas that are prone to dig such pits,” said another seismologist from Italy. /Periscope
