Earthquake. 5:59 p.m .: a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in the Mulhouse region shakes all of Alsace – L’Alsace.fr

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake, whose epicenter was located in Mulhouse, struck Alsace this Saturday at 5:59 p.m. It was felt from Sundgau to Saverne, passing through the Strasbourg conurbation, the valley of the Bruche, the regions of Basel and Fribourg, as well as in the four departments of Franche-Comté. at 17 in the gendarmerie zone in the Haut-Rhin received about fifteen calls, but the police would have been contacted much more by telephone, according to our information. Two aftershocks – of magnitudes 2.8 then 1.4 – were then recorded at 6:07 p.m. and 6:31 p.m. in the Mulhouse region. No damage has been reported for the moment. acts of an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 with epicenter in Waldkirch, north of Freiburg im Breisga u. The location of the epicenter of the earthquake First testimoniesAntoinette, who lives rue de la Mer Rouge in Mulhouse: “I heard something like an explosion. My whole house shook. I went out into the street, my neighbors had felt the same. I remember several jolts in the 80s, but this time, with this noise, I thought of a chemical explosion. “Anne, Mulhouseienne who lives behind the station: “I was on the phone with my sister who lives in Saverne, when I felt the shock I cried out. At the same time, my sister told me that she had felt the same tremor. “Guillaume in Vieux-Thann: “At home, the windows shook, the cupboard doors too…..and there was like a clap of thunder (not loud) outside… I I was scared…” Chantal to Lutterbach: “Great feeling in Lutterbach, nice jolt and big boom. “Francine to Staffelfelden: “For a fraction of a second, I thought it was a car trailer driving through a pothole: it just caused a little ‘blamming’ in the street…”Fabrice to Mulhouse: ” Everything shook in my house and I thought my PC screen was going to leave its support. However, it has been a long time since I felt such a strong tremor! “Nicole de Mulhouse: “Impressive in Mulhouse, an impression that the ceiling and the floor are collapsing. »Chloé: « Also felt in Kembs, twice in a row the house shook. »Olivier: « Very strongly felt on Eschentzwiller. The whole house shook hard, feeling that the basement was exploding. “Adrienne to Raedersdorf: “I was on my sofa, it was the roar that frightened me, everything shook. I believed in a bomb. Leslie: “The children’s cardboard house fell down. »Neda, from Schiltigheim: « I was sitting on the sofa and I started shaking from the sofa! I saw that the TV (properly installed on its cabinet) was moving back and forth, the contents of the glass on the table almost came out! I could not believe my eyes ! »