A tremor with a magnitude of 2.8 was felt in the Vannes sector, in Brittany, this Sunday, October 6, 2024, for the fourth time in 3 days.
“Sacred detonation”, “the house shook” or even “a deafening boom”we read in the comments section of the Facebook page of West France Valves.
Magnitude of 2.8
This Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 8:19 a.m., the earth shook in Morbihan, according to West France. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 2.8 according to the French Central and Seismological Bureau – National Seismic Monitoring Network, was precisely felt in the Vannes region. The epicenter would be close to Auray.
The depth of this new tremor would be 5 km. This is the fourth tremor in three days.
Already three more shocks
On Friday October 4, two tremors of magnitudes 2.9 and 2.1 had already been recorded, followed by a third Saturday October 5 at 6:09 a.m., of weaker magnitude (1.9).
How to explain this recurrence?
Many residents have wondered about the recurrence of these earthquakes. If an earthquake strikes several times, it is because of the energy accumulated by the plates that make up the Earth, a seismologist explained to Parisian.
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