An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 whose epicenter was located in Lanester (Morbihan), near Lorient, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass), occurred on Sunday evening October 23, without causing any damage.
“We had a lot of calls from worried people but there was no intervention related to this event.“, indicated Monday morning to AFP the Sdis of Morbihan. The tremor, which took place at 9:52 p.m., was commented on on social networks.
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In September 2002, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred in this same region. Some 600 earthquakes occur in France every year, but only 10 to 15 are felt by the population. Alsace, Midi-Pyrénées, the Mediterranean coast and the Alps are the regions most frequently affected.
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