This week, southeast France was hit by a magnitude 5 earthquake with tremors felt between Lyon and Montélimar. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission has been used to map the way the ground shifted as a result of the quake.

Earthquakes are unusual in this part of France, but on 11 November at noon (local time) part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region was rocked by a quake leading to people having to be evacuated and buildings damaged.

Source: ESA

Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by BRGM - Earthquake ground shift

Related Missions:

• Copernicus: Sentinel-1