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lemonde.fr published an article [1] yesterday, in which they debunk this news. A seismologist at Southampton University says [2] that it's unrelated to the rifting.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QJ8MmbAC_o (in French)

[2] https://twitter.com/seismo_steve/status/977258571716091904