An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Sisak area at 22:39 hours on Thursday, Croatia's Seismological Survey said.

This was the fifth quake in Croatia in the past 41 hours, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

The epicentre was near the village of Cuntić, 8 km south of Petrinja, in the same area that was struck by a massive earthquake in December.