1. SOME 700 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 5.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WHICH SHOOK NORTHWEST SLOVENIA ON SUNDAY 12 APRIL 1998 AT 12:55 L.T.

2. THE EPICENTRE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, ALSO FELT IN NEIGHBOURING ITALY, CROATIA AND AUSTRIA, WAS IN THE KOBARID AND BOVEC REGIONS, SOME 75 KM FROM LJUBLJANA. THE SLOVENE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICS INSTITUTE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 150 AFTERSHOCKS HAD BEEN REGISTERED SINCE THE MAIN EVENT ON 12 APRIL, THE TWO STRONGEST MEASURING 3.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

NATIONAL RESPONSE