An earthquake woke the Vendee, on the night of Sunday to Monday, causing no injuries. The epicenter was located at the boundary between the Vendee and Deux Sevres. The tremor was felt even in Vienne.
Firefighters in Vendée, Deux-Sèvres received dozens of phone calls on Monday 12th February at dawn. Calls for people reporting that they had been awakened by a loud noise.
#Séisme à 19km NNE Fontenay-le-Conte (12/02/18, 4h08 locale, prof 10km, M4.8) selon LDG pic.twitter.com/WjVcwV7jVD
— FranceSeisme (@FranceSeisme) February 12, 2018
It was an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale, occurred at 4 am 08, according to initial data from the national seismic monitoring network (RéNaSS).
At the border of Vendee and Deux-Sèvres
The epicenter was located in Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust, Vendée common border with the Deux-Sèvres department. This town of just over 600 inhabitants is located about twenty kilometres northeast of Fontenay-le-Comte, and ten kilometers southeast of La Chataigneraie.
The moderate intensity earthquake caused no major damage and no injuries, according to information collected from backup.
According to the Central Seismological Bureau French, the earthquake was perceived to Niort, but Parthenay, Bressuire The Épesses, Fontenay-le-Comte and even Poitiers (Vienne).
It was an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale, occurred at 4 am 08, according to initial data from the national seismic monitoring network (RéNaSS).
At the border of Vendee and Deux-Sèvres
The epicenter was located in Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust, Vendée common border with the Deux-Sèvres department. This town of just over 600 inhabitants is located about twenty kilometres northeast of Fontenay-le-Comte, and ten kilometres southeast of La Chataigneraie.
#Séisme à 19km NNE Fontenay-le-Conte (12/02/18, 4h08 locale, prof 10km, M4.8) selon LDG pic.twitter.com/WjVcwV7jVD
— FranceSeisme (@FranceSeisme) February 12, 2018
The moderate intensity earthquake caused no major damage and no injuries, according to information collected from backup.
According to the Central Seismological Bureau French, the earthquake was perceived to Niort, but Parthenay, Bressuire The Épesses, Fontenay-le-Comte and even Poitiers (Vienne).
Map of the testimonies received so far following the #earthquake M4.7 in France 43 min ago pic.twitter.com/0AUxLwV1T1
— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 12, 2018
An area exposed to earthquakes
The Vendee is one of the French departments most exposed to seismic risk. On 16 October 2017, an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 was recorded between Challans and Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie .
Since 2000, the earth shook hundreds of times in the West
April 28, 2016, an earthquake whose epicenter was in the Charente Maritime was widely felt by the Vendeans .
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake was also registered in June 2001 near Chantonnay (Vendée).
