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Light mag. 2.9 earthquake - 12 km east of Lorient, Morbihan, Bretagne, France, on Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 5:32 pm (GMT +2) -

Light magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 6 km depth

16 Sep 15:40 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 7 minutes.
16 Sep 15:42: Magnitude recalculated from 2.8 to 2.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 6.0 km (from 3.1 to 3.7 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 14 km (8.5 mi) towards NNE.

Update Fri, 16 Sep 2022, 15:45

Magnitude 2.9 earthquake strikes near Lorient, Morbihan, Bretagne, France

2.9 quake 16 Sep 5:32 pm (GMT +2)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Lorient, Morbihan, Bretagne, France. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Friday, September 16th, 2022, at 5:32 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 6 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 2.9 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Nostang (pop. 1,300) located 2 km from the epicenter, and Kervignac (pop. 4,500) 2 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Hennebont (pop. 14,300) located 7 km from the epicenter, Languidic (pop. 7,000) 9 km away, Lanester (pop. 24,400) 10 km away, Caudan (pop. 7,200) 11 km away, Lorient (pop. 58,100) 12 km away, and Ploemeur (pop. 20,700) 17 km away.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 16, 2022 15:32:46 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 5:32 pm (GMT +2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.9
Depth	6.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	47.76°N / 3.21°W (Morbihan, Bretagne, France)
Antipode	47.76°S / 176.79°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	2 km (1 mi) WNW of Nostang (Brittany) (pop: 1,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 7 km (4 mi) SE of Hennebont (Brittany) (pop: 14,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) E of Lanester (Morbihan) (pop: 24,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 12 km (8 mi) E of Lorient (pop: 58,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) E of Ploemeur (pop: 20,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Auray (Morbihan) (pop: 12,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) WSW of Rennes (pop: 209,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 429 km (266 mi) WSW of Paris (Île-de-France) (pop: 2,138,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) N of Belle Ile Island (pop: 5,290) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 111 km (69 mi) NW of Noirmoutier Island (pop: 9,440) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 20.2°C (68 F), humidity: 48%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from N
Estimated seismic energy released	1.4 x 10⁹ joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.9	6 km	FRANCE	EMSC
2.9	6 km	France	RaspberryShake
2.9	10 km	France: 2 Km NW De Nostang (Morbihan)	CEA-DASE
2.5	5 km	France: Near Lorient	RENASS

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User reports for this quake (2)

At magnitude 2.9, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

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Sainte-Helene, Morbihan, Brittany (6.9 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 1-2 s : vibrations under feets + noise

56440 - LANGUIDIC / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

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