The earthquake that struck western France on June 16 will cause a total cost estimated between 200 and 350 million euros, said Monday the Central Reinsurance Fund (CCR), which announces that it will cover at least the half.
In the municipalities affected, many buildings are damaged from a structural point of view, with falling chimneys, the collapse of roofs, even walls, details the CCR in a press release.
This is particularly the case of La Laigne, Cram-Chabran, Couron-d’Aunis or even Benon, in Charente-Maritime (17) but also of Mauz-sur-le-Mignon, Saint-Hilaire-La-Palud or even Niort, in Deux-Svres (79), indicates the public reinsurer.
In several municipalities, it is the religious buildings that have been the most affected, also notes the CCR.
Nearly thirty aftershocks in three days
The cost of this earthquake is estimated between 200 and 350 million euros, of which at least 50% will be borne by CCR, she estimates. It will be gradually reassessed according to the post-seismic work in progress.
Last Monday, the insurance firm Saretec had given a first estimate, between 150 and 200 million euros, for more than 5,000 buildings affected, including several hundred severely.
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With a magnitude of 5.3 5.8 according to the National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass) and the French Central Seismological Bureau (BCSF), the violent tremor occurred on June 16 at 6:38 p.m. in the town of Cram-Chaban, halfway between La Rochelle and Niort, without causing any casualties.
Thirty aftershocks were observed in the three days after the main earthquake, also indicates the CCR. This is the largest earthquake in this region for fifty years and an earthquake recorded Olron in 1972.