France is calculating the cost after a rare earthquake hits the West

LEGENS (France), June 18 – Residents of a region in western France counted the cost after being shocked by a rare earthquake that destroyed dozens of homes.

Cracks have appeared in many homes in the Charente-Maritime department north of the main city of Bordeaux, while churches have been damaged leaving residents desperate for resettlement.

There were no casualties, although the quake was felt as far as Rennes in Brittany in the north and two aftershocks were recorded on Saturday morning.

In the town of La Laigne many houses are left cracked with stones, tiles on the floor and chimneys looking as if they could collapse at any moment.

The fire service declared dozens of homes uninhabitable.

“Overall, 135 buildings were affected by the earthquake,” said Didier Marcaillot, chief of the local fire service in La Ligny, and “170 people needed to be moved.”

Most homes in the city center were affected to varying degrees. The church is completely unusable. “The school must be closed as a precaution,” added Prefect Nicolas Basilaire, the government-appointed senior regional official in Charente-Maritime.

A baker at La Laigne for 33 years, Cecile Apperce was in her office on Friday when the earthquake struck. “I thought it was a plane crash, I walked out, and everyone was screaming.”

“The crockery, the glasses, the wine, everything fell apart,” said Patricia Chardon, who was in her 200-year-old home at the time.

Her husband, Pascal, added: “All the walls have changed. We have to move but we don’t know where to go.”

A queue of 50 people had already formed outside the town hall calling for help.

Deputy Mayor Bruno Esperti said: “The stone and two-storey houses were the most affected. Single-storey houses that have been built recently are even less so.

Unusual earthquake

The emergency services said the quake was also felt in other areas, including the nearby Deux-Sevres area, where two people suffered minor injuries.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on a visit to northern France: “It is an unusual earthquake on our lands, so I would like to express my solidarity with residents who may have been worried.”

“Obviously we are going to make sure everyone gets rehousing,” she added.

The RENASS National Seismological Network recorded the quake at 5.3, while the French Central Bureau of Seismology (BCSF) put it at 5.8.

Seismologists said the quake was the most significant in the region since 1972.

Earthquakes of magnitude five or more are unusual for France, with the last such event occurring in November 2019 in the remote southern provinces of Drome and Ardeche. – France Press agency

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