was there an earthquake in Florida today?

[lala_rawraw]

[babylonsister]

1. Yes! Here's the CNN article:

CNN reports 6.0 earthquake in Southeast U.S. earlier this morning
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6.0 quake in Gulf shakes Southeast
POSTED: 1621 GMT (0021 HKT), September 10, 2006
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A strong, 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico was felt throughout the Southeast but caused no apparent damage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said.

The quake, about 250 miles west of Tampa, Florida, was "pretty unusual" for the area, although a 5.2 magnitude quake was recorded nearby in February, said USGS seismic analyst Jessica Sigala.

People as far away as Stone Mountain, Georgia -- an Atlanta suburb -- reported feeling the quake at 10:56 a.m. ET.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/10/gulf.qua... /

[recoveringrepublican]

7. My family felt nothing...We live about 25 miles north of St. Pete nt

[seasat]

12. I'm in St. Pete and didn't notice it.

We were in church at the time. Maybe it was covered by the percussion in the band.

[dogday]

2. What?

[Joanne98]

3. It was in the gulf

[Monkeyman]

5. New Orleans got shook up too

[recoveringrepublican]

4. I'm near St. Pete, but was sleeping. nt

[Warpy]

6. Here's the map

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/22.32.-90.-80.php

It was felt over a large part of the southeast, but not in a lot of Florida.

[Joanne98]

8. I wonder if the New Madrid fault goes down that far.

[havocmom]

9. Here's another site for tracking earthquakes

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[porphyrian]

10. I didn't feel it in Tallahassee. - n/t

[jus_the_facts]

11. Yep....here's a link and picture.....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus