Montenegro hit by another earthquake early in the morning

Another less severe earthquake hit Montenegro early Saturday morning, which was second in the last three days, the European Mediterranean seismological Centre (EMCS) announced.

The quake was recorded at 06:11 and, according to data from the Mediterranean European seismological Centre, its focus was near a municipality of Niksic, the central city of Montenegro.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has also felt the quake. According to EMCS, the earthquake was 3.6.

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Montenegro's Seismology Department of the Institute for Hydrometeorology and Seismology has announced that the earthquake's epiderance has been at a depth of 14km.

No injuries or casualties reported from this earthquake.

“Based on the numeric pattern of distance change of intensity in this region, earthquake magnitude and the depth of the hippo-cender, this earthquake cannot cause material damage in the environment area”, the Department said.

Two days ago, Thursday, a more powerful quake -- 5.4 on the ground -- hit Montenegro.

The shake from that earthquake also felt in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Albania.

Nearly 45 years ago, on April 15, 1979, Montenegro was hit by a seven-magnified earthquake.

Its focus was on the Adriatic Sea, between Ulcinj and Tivar, some 15 km from the coast.

At that time 101 people in Montenegro and 35 lost their lives in Albania, while more than 100,000 people were left homeless. / REL