Earthquake felt in Central FL!!!! (6.0 in the GOM)

[Extremeweatherguy]

just watching J Leno and he said "a 6.0 earthquake happened in Mexico over the weekend".

[HeeBGBz]

I'm just curious why there hasn't been any aftershocks. Seems like that is the norm after a fairly sizeable quake. Any guesses why there's not been any?

it was a mid tectonic plate earthquake. Also the earthquake was stress created by sediment from the mississippi river. Once the stress was released there was no more stress to create another earthquake. for this reason there were no aftershocks.

However, seismologists do believe later aftershocks could occur.

Thanks for the explanation. I've asked on several different message boards and you all were the only ones who answered.

[GrimReaper]

I felt in St. Augustine. I was watching TV with my back up against the outside wall of my house, and a glass of Coke on a windowsill above me. I felt a vibration abainst my back, and the glas of Coke came off the sill and splashed all over my bed...yuk. I thought the kids were horse playing in the family room, and I yelled at them, but found out it was the earthquake....freaky