An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hits western France A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit parts of western France on Friday evening. Accordin...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hits western France
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit parts of western France on Friday evening. According to the country's earthquake management office, many buildings were damaged.
Christophe Bechu, who is in charge of the country's climate, said that the earthquake was one of the biggest that the area has ever seen.
The French news service AFP has kept track of how many of these kinds of earthquakes have happened in France since the year 2000.
The National Earthquake Monitoring Centre RENASS said the size of the earthquake was 5.3, while the French Seismological Agency BCSF said it was 5.8.
Data shows that after the earthquake, a lot of homes were without power.
