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09-10-2006, 12:55 PM
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For crying out loud. If it's not hurricanes, it's earthquakes now. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » Map Centered at 27°N, 85°W CNN.com - 6.0 quake in Gulf shakes Southeast - Sep 10, 2006 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 quake was not powerful enough to trigger a tsunami warning.
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 Atlanta -- about 530 miles from the quake's center -- called into local television stations to report feeling tremors at 10:56 a.m. ET.
Sigala said that since the surrounding terrain is fairly flat, the earthquake would travel far and fast. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said.
About an hour after the earthquake, 904 people from 365 separate ZIP codes in the Southeast had filed online reports to the USGS that they had felt the quake.
Florida and Georgia led the list with hundreds of reports each, while a handful of reports also came from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana residents.
The most distant reports came from Rosman, North Carolina, and Pickens, South Carolina, both about 600 miles from the quake's center.
I can't personally say I felt anything, even though I was awake at the time this happened; I want to say it is because I'm on the east coast of Florida, but if they're feeling it as far away as North Carolina...
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09-10-2006, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Chimaera182  For crying out loud. If it's not hurricanes, it's earthquakes now. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » Map Centered at 27°N, 85°W CNN.com - 6.0 quake in Gulf shakes Southeast - Sep 10, 2006 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 quake was not powerful enough to trigger a tsunami warning.
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 Atlanta -- about 530 miles from the quake's center -- called into local television stations to report feeling tremors at 10:56 a.m. ET.
Sigala said that since the surrounding terrain is fairly flat, the earthquake would travel far and fast. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said.
About an hour after the earthquake, 904 people from 365 separate ZIP codes in the Southeast had filed online reports to the USGS that they had felt the quake.
Florida and Georgia led the list with hundreds of reports each, while a handful of reports also came from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana residents.
The most distant reports came from Rosman, North Carolina, and Pickens, South Carolina, both about 600 miles from the quake's center.
I can't personally say I felt anything, even though I was awake at the time this happened; I want to say it is because I'm on the east coast of Florida, but if they're feeling it as far away as North Carolina... | I actually feel sorry for you...
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09-11-2006, 08:01 AM
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| | I didn't feel it either. I'm on the east coast too, but I'm pretty much directly across from Tampa. It's not far. I think people are full of it. 
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09-11-2006, 12:11 PM
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| | | My parents didn't either
My parents live in North Brevard county and they didn't feel a thing. I don't know how the fault lines run (or work). But it is odd that people to the north should feel it when those about the same distance to the east don't.
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09-12-2006, 07:13 AM
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| | | North Brevard, huh? Where? I lived in North Brevard for years. I live in Palm Bay now.
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09-13-2006, 09:56 AM
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Didn't want to spam the thread so I PM'd you. Still curious why the east coast of FL didn't feel anything when people in Atlanta "supposedly" did !?!
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09-13-2006, 12:03 PM
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| | I have no idea. I think they're faking it. 
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