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  2. Geology of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In January 1880, Cuba was the center of two strong earthquakes that sent severe shock waves through the city of Key West, Florida. [8] Another earthquake centered outside Florida was the 1886 Charleston earthquake. The shock was felt throughout northern Florida, ringing church bells at St. Augustine and severely jolting other towns along that ...

  3. 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and its epicenter was located about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria, Florida. The event was felt throughout much of the Gulf Coast of the United States and was the second earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater in the Gulf during 2006.

  4. Template:Infobox earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Peru coastline, showing location and strength of quake. Star marks [[epicenter]]. Unknown: suggested: image name: image name: no description. Unknown: optional: pushpin_map: pushpin_map: The name of a location map as per Template:Location map (eg. Indonesia or Russia). The coordinates field position a pushpin mark and label on the ...

  5. What causes earthquakes? The science behind why seismic ... - AOL

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    An earthquake is what happens when the seismic energy from plates slipping past each other rattles the planet's surface. Those seismic waves are like ripples on a pond, the USGS said.

  6. Florida’s Atlantic coast experienced a rare earthquake overnight, measuing a seafloor-shaking 4.0 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.. The quake occurred at 10:48 p.m. Wednesday ...

  7. File:Map of earthquakes 1900-.svg - Wikipedia

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    The ODbL does not require any particular license for maps produced from ODbL data. Prior to 1 August 2020, map tiles produced by the OpenStreetMap Foundation were licensed under the CC-BY-SA-2.0 license. Maps produced by other people may be subject to other licences.

  8. Can Florida get hit by an earthquake? What to know ... - AOL

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    In January 2020, a powerful earthquake 7.7-magnitude that shook buildings in Cuba and Jamaica was felt all the way to downtown Miami. The force traveled several hundred miles to South Florida ...

  9. Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake was described by the USGS as an intraplate earthquake, the largest and most widely felt recorded in the past three decades in the region. [32] According to the September 11, 2006 issue of The Tampa Tribune, earthquake tremors were last felt in Florida in 1952, recorded in Quincy, 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Tallahassee.