Two earthquakes were recorded in Deux-Sèvres during the night of Thursday to Friday by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CSEM-EMSC) and the French central seismological office.
Specialists said they had detected a magnitude of 3.1 for the first, which occurred at 8:22 p.m., and 2.7 for the next, which occurred shortly after 0:30, said France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The two earthquakes were particularly felt by the inhabitants of Saint-Germain-de-Longue-Chaume (Deux-Sèvres), reports
Ouest-France
.
The epicenter of the seismic phenomenon would be in this town, located 6 km from Bressuire and 25 km from Parthenay.
Local residents testified that they heard a loud "boom".
The sound of a train
Others said that the sound of the earthquake was like the sound of a passing train.
“However, in Parthenay there is no train!
A witness joked.
The earth had already trembled in the same geographical area of Deux-Sèvres on June 21, 2019. The intensity of the tremors had then reached 4.8 on the Richter scale.
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