Four earthquakes, including one measuring 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale, rocked the area of Glina, some 70 kilometres south of Zagreb, around 11am on Tuesday.

According to the Croatian Seismological Survey, the epicentre of the 4.2 magnitude quake was around 15 kilometres south-southeast of Glina.

Of the other three quakes, two happened before the 4.2 magnitude quake, measuring 3 and 2.5 degrees on the Richter scale, while the fourth, last one measured 2.9 on the Richter scale.