https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France that is at risk from future seismic activity. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250319/map-the-parts-of-france-most-at-risk-from-earthquakes Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:07:25 +0100 map-the-parts-of-france-most-at-risk-from-earthquakes A 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook Nice and the Côte d'Azur on Tuesday night with one resident saying it felt like "a train had passed underneath the house". https://www.thelocal.fr/20250319/french-riviera-hit-by-4-1-magnitude-earthquake Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:21:08 +0100 french-riviera-hit-by-4-1-magnitude-earthquake People in south west France felt the earth shake on Monday night after a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit across the border in Spain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230829/moderate-earthquake-felt-in-southern-france Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:06:03 +0200 moderate-earthquake-felt-in-southern-france People in the Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sevres departments on Saturday started counting the cost of a rare 5.8-magnitude quake that rocked large parts of western France on Friday, leaving dozens of houses uninhabitable. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230617/western-france-residents-count-cost-following-rare-earthquake Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:17:19 +0200 western-france-residents-count-cost-following-rare-earthquake Forest fires, floods, avalanches, storms - if you don't feel you have enough to worry about, the French environment ministry has published a handy little guide to the risks in different areas of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200123/map-wildfires-floods-and-earthquake-the-risks-in-each-part-of-france Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:02:57 +0100 map-wildfires-floods-and-earthquake-the-risks-in-each-part-of-france After four people were injured when an unusually powerful earthquake shook the south east on Monday, The Local takes a look at where in France you are most likely to feel the earth move beneath your feet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191112/where-you-are-most-likely-to-get-hit-by-an-earthquake-in-france Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:30:05 +0100 where-you-are-most-likely-to-get-hit-by-an-earthquake-in-france Four people were injured after an unusually powerful earthquake shook south-eastern France on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191111/earthquake-shakes-homes-in-south-eastern-france Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:21:27 +0100 earthquake-shakes-homes-in-south-eastern-france People living in south western France felt the earth move on Wednesday morning when an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck just north of Bordeaux. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190320/southwestern-france-shaken-by-50-magnitude-earthquake Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:14:23 +0100 southwestern-france-shaken-by-50-magnitude-earthquake Residents in western France were given a fairly rude awakening at 4am on Monday morning when they were shaken from their sleep by an earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/western-france-shaken-by-48-magnitude-earthquake-in-middle-of-night Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:51:10 +0100 western-france-shaken-by-48-magnitude-earthquake-in-middle-of-night Residents in one part of the French Alps are starting to grow a little concerned after the area was hit by 140 earthquakes in the last 40 days. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171030/french-alps-shaken-by-140-earthquakes-in-over-a-month Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:46:13 +0100 french-alps-shaken-by-140-earthquakes-in-over-a-month Yet another earthquake hit Brittany this week, albeit a minor one, but why is the north western region of France so often hit by seismic activity? And should people living there be worried? https://www.thelocal.fr/20170928/why-are-there-so-many-earthquakes-in-brittany Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:23 +0200 why-are-there-so-many-earthquakes-in-brittany An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale struck the northwestern corner of France on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161212/earthquake-hits-brittany-north-western-france Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:03:22 +0100 earthquake-hits-brittany-north-western-france Residents in southeastern France may have lost some sleep after 18 small earthquakes struck throughout the night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161110/earthquake-france-moves-as-tremors-felt-in-south-eastern-france Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:15:45 +0100 earthquake-france-moves-as-tremors-felt-in-south-eastern-france Amatrice, the Italian town devastated by last month's deadly earthquake, is suing French weekly Charlie Hebdo for defamation over a series of cartoons about the disaster. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160912/quake-hit-amatrice-sues-charlie-hebdo Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:14:44 +0200 quake-hit-amatrice-sues-charlie-hebdo The French are dangerously unprepared for the natural disasters that most of the country is exposed to, experts and surveys say. As it’s only a matter of time before France sees a repeat of deadly flooding, storms and forest fires, we look at where the dangers lie. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160428/french-unprepared-for-natural-disasters Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:15:47 +0200 french-unprepared-for-natural-disasters An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale has hit the west coast of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160428/earthquake-hits-west-coast-of-france Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:35:57 +0200 earthquake-hits-west-coast-of-france An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 4.4 made the earth move in the south east of France on Friday morning. Although it was minor, experts say a big one is due to hit the region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151106/minor-earthquake-tickles-south-east-france Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:27:50 +0100 minor-earthquake-tickles-south-east-france The tremors from a 4.4 magnitude earthquake were felt in northern France early on Friday morning, prompting several worried calls to the emergency services. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150522/french-homes-shaken-from-uk-earthquake Fri, 22 May 2015 11:49:55 +0200 french-homes-shaken-from-uk-earthquake A specialist tells The Local a big quake is due to hit south east region at some point in the future "and there will be fatalities". Locals should take heed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140408/riviera-earthquake-should-be-warning-to-france-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:39:00 +0200 riviera-earthquake-should-be-warning-to-france-2 The south east of France trembled on Monday night when it was hit by a rare powerful earthquake measuring 5.19 in magnitude. The tremor was felt in towns and cities from Marseille to Nice and Aix-en-Provence to Grenoble on a scale normally seen "only once every 30 years in France". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140408/provence-shaken-by-51-magnitude-earthquake-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:06:00 +0200 provence-shaken-by-51-magnitude-earthquake-2