A dead man in Bosnia's powerful earthquake, which also felt in Kosovo, what is known so far

A powerful earthquake rocked the Balkans last night. The quake's epicentre has been in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the power of the earthquake, according to w.emsc-csem.org, has been marked by 5.7 of Riterre.

The quake has also been felt in Croatia, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia.

This earthquake recorded the first victim last night.

According to the clix.ba portals and avaz.ba, it's about a girl from Stolac, whose house a stone fell.

Her family confirmed that the girl died in 1994.

Initially she was transferred to Mostar Hospital, but doctors only ascertained her death.

The earthquake also reports that large numbers of people have been injured.

Health Centre Director in Stolac, Casimir Raguz, spoke of Bosnian media last night about the condition of the injured.

This earthquake was near Stolac, so the city is the hardest hit.

As reported, unfortunately a girl lost her life, after a stone fell into a house.

Raguz said there are no more seriously injured Stolac citizens except for this case.

“Tonight, around 23 p.m., there was a massive earthquake. Some of the injured showed up at our center. One person has been seriously injured and we have transported him to Mostar Hospital, and others have had the slightest injuries”, Raguz said.

He didn't give much detail to the injured girl, but her family earlier confirmed to clix.ba that she was unfortunately dead.

We're here tonight with four emergency teams, ready to react if necessary. What we know from the ground is there's been small landslides, some fasada damage, etc. Civil protection will further assess the situation on the ground and help all those in need of assistance”, he has said.

When he spoke of the injuries of citizens, he has shown that it is a scratch, a joint suppression, etc., and that after they received their first aid they have returned home.

Three smaller earthquakes have been recorded following the major earthquake in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to EMSC, one of three small earthquakes was recorded at 23:14 and had a magnitude of 3.1 in Riterre. The small quake has come seven minutes after the first quake, which according to Croatia's seismological Service has been in Magnitude 6.1, while according to EMSC, 5.7.

The next quake was recorded at 11:50 p.m. and was amazing 2.7.

The third quake was recorded 25 minutes after midnight and was of Ritter's 3.9 magnitude.

Seismology Service sysmologist in Croatia Tomislav turned out to have told HRT of the two subsequent earthquakes had a 4-and-one magnitude 3.5.

Turnout said the strongest magnitude was recorded in the epicentrare, which was 6.5, but that in the interior of Dubrivnik and in some parts of Montenegro could be even stronger.

The focus of the first earthquake, the strongest, was in the eastern municipality of Herzegovina, Ljubinje, which is 19km from Stolac./ Express