Earthquakes and Seismicicty Zones

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France is a country that does not experience many earthquakes in a whole. Although, they did experience an earthquake this month on the 11th in the Western part of France in Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust in the Vendée. It was a 4.6 magnitude earthquake. The last major earthquake in France that caused fatalities was on the 11th of June of 1909 in the Provence Region, the magnitude of the earthquake was of 6.2. The regions with the strongest seismicity zones are those that are on the border of Spain and France, and Italy and France.  
I learned that France has a tsunami and earthquake alert center called CENALT. CENALT not only detects tsunamis and earthquakes around France and the Mediterranian sea but also Northeast Atlantic up to Greenland and the Arctic. 

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June 11, 1909. 6.2M earthquake.
'It was like an explosion': Western France shaken by 4.8 magnitude earthquake
February 11, 2019. location of 4.6M earthquake.

The regions with the strongest seismicity zones are those that are on the border of Spain and France,  Italy and France, and Switzerland and France.

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References 
Couchman, Vanessa. “Shaken, and Probably Stirred: Earthquakes in France.” Life on La Lune, 19 Feb. 2018, vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/shaken-and-probably-stirred-earthquakes-in-france/.

 Leoni, Brigitte. “France Gets Tsunami Ready.” UNISDR News, 30 Jan. 2018, www.unisdr.org/archive/56833.

 The Local. “'It Was like an Explosion': Western France Shaken by 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake.” The Local, The Local, 12 Feb. 2018, www.thelocal.fr/20180212/western-france-shaken-by-48-magnitude-earthquake-in-middle-of-night.

Comments

  1. Ana GGFebruary 15, 2019 at 2:08 PM

    Very cool info and research this week. Where is your source of information...

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    1. France Hazards and Catastrophes February 15, 2019 at 11:00 PM

      Sorry I had forgotten but I just added them. Thank you for reminding me!

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  2. Ana GGFebruary 17, 2019 at 2:49 PM

    thank you. Now your post is super-complete.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2019 at 9:33 PM

    Hi Noelia! I really like your blog. France is the complete opposite of Indonesia when it comes to earthquakes. Indonesia experiences earthquakes every day!

    ReplyDelete

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