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3.5 magnitude earthquake shakes France

Mild tremor with no casualties, with epicenter near the city of Tours

Sep 24, 2024 08:04 81

3.5 magnitude earthquake shakes France  - 1

Early this morning, at 05:42 local time (06:42 hours Bulgarian time), France was shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale, according to data from the official website of the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), cited by Focus.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located 39 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Tours and 12 kilometers east-southeast of Saint-Maur-de-Touraine, with a depth of 5 kilometers.

Just a minute earlier, another earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 10 kilometers, was recorded in the same region.

At the moment there is no information about casualties or material damage.