Wizard ;x Posted April 28, 2016 Posted April 28, 2016 A magnitude 5 earthquake occurred on Thursday at 08H46 (06H46 GMT) in the region of Charente Maritime in western France, said the national network of seismic monitoring (Rénass), confirming the testimony of many people. No major damage in the area affected by the quake, whose epicenter was between the towns of Rochefort and La Rochelle was recorded. Many witnesses felt a strong tremor that sometimes knocked objects off the shelves or pieces of plaster from the ceiling. "For now this event has not caused distress calls to the fire service," said the prefecture in a statement. According to several witnesses on Twitter said, the shock wave was felt less in a radius of almost 200 kilometers from La Rochelle. In the region of Charente Maritime is usually seismic activity, he told AFP Sophie Lambotte, seismologist Renass, based in Strasbourg (east), but said that an earthquake of magnitude 5 " is a little out normal."
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