The state of natural disaster has been recognized for ten municipalities in Charente-Maritime and three in Deux-Sèvres affected by the earthquake of June 16, according to a decree published Friday in the Official newspaper.
With a magnitude of 5.3 to 5.8 according to the National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass) and the French Central Seismological Bureau (BCSF), the strongest tremor felt in France since the beginning of the 2000s occurred in early evening on June 16, without causing any casualties.
The Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, had promised on June 19 to resort to the natural disaster decree, ensuring that the compensation would be paid. ” in the next weeks “.
The bill for this earthquake should amount to around 290 million euros, according to an estimate by France Assureurs sent to Agence-France Presse on Tuesday.
The state of natural disaster has also been recognized for several municipalities spread over the whole territory for floods and mudslides as well as landslides, according to this decree, and another also published on Friday in the Official newspaper.
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