A small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 rocked Strasbourg Wednesday evening, after a shake a little stronger than 3.1, said the National Seismic Monitoring Network (RéNaSS) in Strasbourg. Located 5 km from the Alsatian capital, the epicenter of this new earthquake, which took place on Wednesday just before midnight, is close to Wednesday's earthquake, according to data published by the RéNaSS website, which describes the phenomenon as " induced event ", like the previous one.
Fonroche company disputes any link with its drilling activities
On Tuesday, a researcher from the RéNaSS had estimated "quite possible that the earthquake was caused by geothermal activities" conducted north of Strasbourg, in Reichstett, by the company Fonroche. The firm, for its part, disputed any link with its drilling activity. Tuesday's tremor came on the morrow of the much stronger one that hit the Ardeche on Monday, wounding four people.