![]() seven days a week from Memorial Day through mid-September. The Earthquake Lake Visitor Center displays a Memorial Boulder from the earthquake with a plaque of the names of the 28 people who died and the events of the earthquake. However, those timbers create great places for the fish to live, making dry fly fishing great. Float tube fishing is not the best way to fish because of the many timbers below the surface and the occasional high winds. Cutthroat and brown trout are stocked yearly. The shoreline is accessible from Highway 287 and a boat ramp can also be found. Today many fishermen enjoy fishing by boat or along the shores of the lake. The lake measures five miles long, one-third of a mile wide, and 190 feet deep. The landslide caused 28 deaths, flooding and about $11 million in damage to the forests and highways in the area. The earthquake created a massive landslide of about 80 million tons of rock, which stopped the flow of the Madison River in the Madison River Canyon gorge. "I need it!" an angry woman commented as she entered the room.On Augan earthquake in the Madison Canyon River Area, near West Yellowstone, formed Quake Lake. The family has been rehoused with his in-laws, but he never sleeps a wink." A medical-psychological unit from the emergency medical services in La Rochelle is on hand in the village's small library to help any residents who need it. "He's 31 years old and has been renovating his house for 10 years. Sophie Venturi is especially worried about her son, Kévin, who also lives in the village with his wife and two children. I'm afraid of having the roof fall on top of my head." La Laigne (Charente-Maritime), June 17, 2023. For the moment, we're staying at home, but we'll check with the fire department. I thought it was a bomb when it happened, and everyone went out into the street. Inside, the sideboard is open, everything's broken, there's rubble all over the floor. It seemed strange to me at the time," said Sophie Venturi, leaning against her gate and staring at the wounds inflicted on her husband's family home, where they've lived for over 20 years. I saw a big flock of starlings, which appeared to be in a panic. "As early as 2 pm, there was a rumbling sound. The steeple of the little church in La Laigne, which had just been renovated, illustrates the fragility of old white stone buildings in the face of successive shocks, as there have been several aftershocks since Friday. In several rural communities, hundreds of houses saw cracks in their walls, roofs lifted, and chimneys collapsed. ![]() And although there were no casualties, it did a great deal of damage. That is the case for most of the 500 inhabitants of La Laigne since Friday, June 16, when an earthquake with a magnitude between 5.3 and 5.8 (according to the French National Seismic Monitoring Network and the French Central Seismological Bureau), hit northern Charente-Maritime hard. I was out mowing the lawn when I heard a big explosion. "There was more fear than harm done, but it's traumatic. "Inside, there are gaping rifts," notes the father of two, who has been rehoused with friends in neighboring Benon. "Experts have to tell me whether the house is at risk or not." From the outside, the building shows a few cracks. His house is one of the first in the village of La Laigne (Charente-Maritime), on the road coming in from La Rochelle. ![]() In the rain, phone in hand, Audric Comparon is waiting for the fire department. Subscribers only After the earthquake on June 17, 2023, in La Laigne (Charente-Maritime). Stay updated with official sources and be prepared for potential aftershocks. Please remain cautious and take necessary safety measures. Residents are in a state of shock.īy Frédéric Zabalza (La Laigne (France) special correspondent) Published on June 19, 2023, at 1:58 am (Paris), updated on June 19, 2023, at 8:04 am ALERT: A 4.0 to 6.0 magnitude earthquake is likely to occur near Los Angeles around 6 AM on June 20th, 2023. Western France: Rare earthquake turns La Laigne into a 'ghost village'Īs of Sunday, June 18, 71 homes in this village of 500 remained uninhabitable, with almost 170 people needing to be rehoused.
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