Quake Flash report : 2 moderate earthquakes are frightening the touristic Ardèche area in France

Last update: August 3, 2011 at 2:21 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

At 02:00 and at 03:36, 2 very shallow earthquakes have frightened people in the greater Nimes are. The quake was felt very well as it was very close to the surface (2 km).
The epicenter of this earthquake was almost below Barjac, a village of 1,500 people.
The quakes epicenter is located in a very busy touristic area of France, Ardèche.
Earthquake-Report.com does not expect any serious damage from this earthquake.
The map beneath shows the historic earthquakes in the area (courtesy sisfrance.net) :

The yellow dot near Ales was a strong shaking historic earthquake – map courtesy sisfrance.net

to read more (and/or access the article in French), go to:   http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/03/quake-flash-report-2-moderate-earthquakes-are-frightening-the-touristic-ardeche-area-in-france/