A "moderate" earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred Monday evening in the region of Montbéliard (Doubs), near the Swiss border. The National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass) did not report any damage. The earthquake occurred around 21:15 p.m. about fifteen kilometers south of the Franche-Comté city and at a depth of 12 km.
This map provided by Renass makes it possible to locate the tremor.
/Renass
The organization specifies that the Swiss areas closest to the earthquake are those of Biel and Neuchâtel.
According to the sixty testimonies collected Monday evening by the French Central Seismological Bureau, the tremors were mainly felt in the region of Montbéliard and Belfort, as well as in Alsace and the Vosges.
"The house shook for two to three seconds"
Interviewed by France blue, the mayor of Blamont (Doubs), Serge Delfils, recalls that this is the "third earthquake in a few months". "They are more and more frequent but also shorter over the past year." In the department of the Territoire de Belfort, a resident of Andelnans testifies, to the radio, to have "had the sensation of a truck passing quickly; The house shook for two to three seconds."
On March 22, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred in the same area, 30 km from the city of Belfort. It was felt in northwestern Switzerland.