September 30, 2002 Earthquake: Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France

Name: September 30, 2002 Earthquake: Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France
Start: 2002-09-30
Location: Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France

September 30, 2002 · M4.2

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France on September 30, 2002 at 06:44:48 UTC, 10 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: September 30, 2002
Time: 06:44:48 UTC
Place: Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France
Magnitude: 4.2 (mb)
Focal depth: 10 km (6 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 47.832° N, 3.207° W
Country: France

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)
Houses damaged: Few (about 1 to 50)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Minor damage to some buildings at Hennebont,

Languidic, Lorient and Tremorel. Felt in Bretagne and

parts of Pays de la Loire. Also felt on Guernsey and

Jersey, United Kingdom. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2002 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2002 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5655.