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By AFP Published: Jun 27, 2021 05:18 PM
People wearing face masks tour central Strasbourg, eastern France, on Aug. 5, 2020. The French authorities have ordered people to wear face masks in outdoor public places in many major cities as the COVID-19 spread faster and the admission to intensive care units increased again after month-long decline. (Photo by Genevieve Engel/Xinhua)
The eastern French city of Strasbourg was shaken awake on Saturday by a 3.9-magnitude earthquake, the strongest yet in a string of shocks caused by a now-mothballed geothermal project.
The epicenter of the quake, which began at 5:00 am, was five kilometers below the surface, under the northern suburb of La Wantzenau, according to France's National Seismic Monitoring Network (Renass).