5.8-magnitude earthquake jolts France; 1,100 homes without electricity
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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted France on Friday night, IANS reported, quoting the French Central Seismological Bureau (FCSB). The epicenter of the quake was determined to be 28km from the city of Niort in the Deux-Sevres department of western France. Christophe Bechu, the minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, called it "one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in metropolitan France."
