An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 shakes the Ain, without making any injuries

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale hit the Ain department. The phenomenon did not do any damage or injuries, according to the prefecture.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded Wednesday at 18:08 in Ain said the prefecture of the department.

The earthquake made "no material damage and no casualties on the department of Ain," said the institution on his Twitter account.

Earthquake felt at 18:08 of magnitude 4.2 on the scale of richter 15 km southwest of Bourg en Bresse. People who have felt this shock are invited to testify on: https://t.co/rO1y1Nw6BH. No material damage and no victim on the department of Ain. pic.twitter.com/fGySJsMYaU

The epicenter of the earthquake is located some 15 kilometers from Bourg-en-Bresse, 10 kilometers deep, according to the national seismic monitoring network (RéNaSS).

"It scolded and vibrated"

According to Météo Villes, the earthquake was clearly felt by the inhabitants of the area.

An # earthquake of magnitude evaluated at 4.2 according to the first estimates occurred at 18:08 in the # Ain about 7 km from #BourgenBresse - Strongly felt by the inhabitants of the sector, or very weakly towards #Lyon : https://t.co/RKLecX0ssO pic.twitter.com/PraSuM1Hwz

"I wonder if we did not have an earthquake it scolded and vibrated but we did not feel moved, it was weird," says a user on the sector of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, about thirty kilometers from Bourg-en-Bresse.

Following this earthquake, slight shocks were also felt in the region of Macon, Saone-et-Loire. About fifty earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 4 on the Richter scale have been recorded since the beginning of the year in France (overseas included).