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Croatian earthquake: Death toll rises to 7 as rescuers search rubble for survivors

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The death toll of a powerful magnitude earthquake in Croatia has risen to at least seven people - including a 12-year-old girl - and injured more than 20.

Rescuers pulled people from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Petrinja and other towns, and army troops were sent to the area to help.

Tremors were also felt in Croatia's capital Zagreb and as far away as Austria's capital Vienna. Slovenia shut its only nuclear power plant as a precaution.

The 6.4 magnitude quake was the second to strike the country in two days. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said it hit at 11.19am local time on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), with the epicentre in Petrinja, 50 km south of Zagreb. "By now, in the vicinity of the town of Glina we

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