In the past 40 days, the French Alps have been rocked by 140 quakes which has led officials to warn locals that a more powerful tremor may be on the way.
Earthquake observation organisation Sismalp says that the strongest tremor was a 3.8 magnitude quake, but such a large swarm can be a precursor for a massive earthquake.
Martine a resident of the village of Montgellafray told Europe1 radio: ”The noise is like a storm coming from far way. Everything shakes. I said ‘that’s it, all the tiles are going to break.
“The last earthquake was really frightening. Since the end of August it has never stopped.
“Every two days there is one and they are getting more common.”
Another local, Yves, said: “Everyone is asking questions. Everyone in the village is talking about it.”
As residents prepare for a potential massive earthquake, conspiracy theorists coincidentally are warning that the mysterious Planet X could cause devastating quakes across the globe on November 19.
A stellar body known as a Brown Dwarf – which has become known alternately as Nibiru, Planet X, Nemesis and Black Star is claimed to be pulling at the Earth’s tectonic plates triggering the current glut of earthquake and volcano activity around the world.
Website Planetxnews.com has been charting the movements of the so-called Black Star, which is believed to have massive gravitational influence pulling and squeezing the Earth.
Writer Terral Croft said seismic activity is ripping apart the Earth’s crust which will culminate on November 19.
He added: “Global seismic activity reaches a peak in the second two weeks of November moving into December 2017.
“The predicted backside alignment quake event is scheduled for November 19, 2017, when the Earth passes behind the Sun relative to the Black Star.”
He predicted massive tremors along a fault originating in Indonesia and terminating near Gibraltar would strike Europe – especially Italy and France.
A big French tremor would also be felt in the UK.
He said: “This scenario can easily lead to new earthquake and volcanic activity for Italy and France.”