The bill for the earthquake that hit western France on June 16 should amount to around 290 million euros, according to an estimate by France Assureurs. The professional federation is counting on a total of 21,625 claims, the vast majority of which (95.9%) concern homes with damage estimated at 260 million euros.
This new estimate of the earthquake bill is in the middle of the range published last week by the Caisse centrale de réassurance (CCR), which will bear at least half of the claims and assessed the damage at between 200 and 350 million euros. euros.
Largest earthquake in this region for fifty years
After homes, professional property was the second most affected category (750 claims for 28 million euros), followed by agricultural property (90 claims for 1.4 million euros) and automobiles (45 claims for 190,000 euros).
With a magnitude of 5.3 to 5.8 according to the National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass) and the French Central Seismological Bureau (BCSF), the violent tremor occurred on June 16 at 6:38 p.m. in the town of Cram- Chaban, halfway between La Rochelle and Niort.
This is the largest earthquake in this region for fifty years and a seismic shock recorded in Oléron in 1972.