June 16 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck France on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The earthquake’s epicenter was near a commune in the Charente-Maritime region of western France, at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
There was no immediate information on casualties or damage from the quake.
The GFZ revised an earlier measurement of a 5.5 magnitude earthquake.
Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Jonathan Oatis
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