A weak earthquake hit the area south of Makarska at around 5.43 this morning, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre service reports.

According to preliminary information, the magnitude of the earthquake was 3.4 with an epicentre 12 kilometres south of Makarska, in the small town of Katuni.

At EMSC, some users reported their impressions of the quake.

“It woke me up, I thought I was dreaming” and “It shook between two and three seconds”, “Short but strong” and “Thunder, then a little shaking,” written by users from Tučepi, Makarska, Hvar and Brač.