Bosnian Quake Victim Died After Hillside Collapsed On Home

The magnitude-6 earthquake shook Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly after 11 p.m. on April 22.

Bosnian officials have identified the lone death so far from a major earthquake and aftershocks that shook the Balkans overnight as a 27-year-old woman whose house was partially buried by a crumbling hillside in the southern city of Stolac.

The magnitude-6 earthquake shook Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly after 11 p.m. on April 22, Europe's seismological center said.

Its epicenter was about 9 kilometers north of Ljubinje at a depth of about 5 kilometers.

The director of a cantonal hospital in nearby Mostar told RFE/RL that the young woman was dead on arrival, and said three others with head injuries from the seismic rumblings were in stable condition.

The director of the Stolac Health Center, Kazimir Raguz, said most injuries there were lacerations or sprains from fleeing, as well as minor injuries from falling household items.

All of the patients there had been released for home treatment, the director said.

The earthquake was felt in other Bosnian cities and neighboring countries but did not cause widespread major damage.

A power outage was reported in some parts of Mostar, including Berkovici, where electricity was quickly restored, according to Mayor Nenad Abramovic.

There was some damage to cars, roofs, and chimneys in the city of Ljubinje, said Ranko Radic, head of the local civil-protection administration there.

The Bosnian Serb member of the Bosnian tripartite presidency, Milorad Dodik, told the Srna news agency that 500,000 convertible marks, or around $280,000, in emergency funds would be sent to Ljubinje to help repair the quake damage.

With reporting by Reuters