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

[cjrciadt]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Easier way to get up than an alarm clock.
I thought my cat was jumping on the bed.
Upgraded to 6.0
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... v.php#maps

[stormtruth]

Wow. It really stands out there all alone in the GOM.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Ok wow that was a bit scary! I felt the Earthquake!!! My house and shelves shook a bit!! The doors shook!

[TexasStooge]

Oh, dear!! What a heck of a way to wake up.

[hibiscushouse]

Any concern about sizable wave action? Any thoughts?

[Brent]

Was just coming to post... WOW.

[Stormavoider]

I thought I had a sinkhole opening under my house!

[JonathanBelles]

gulp wow. that was weird.

[stormtruth]

Here is a very brief news report. I'm sure there will be more soon.

[LizzardInFlorida]

When I left Southern Cali years ago - I never thought I'd have to contend with Earthquakes here in Florida. That was most definately unsettling.

[SouthFloridawx]

Well I didn't feel anything but, I told my girlfriend we would never move to California cause of earthquakes. Better not tell her about this one..

Anyway that was kind of weird seeing that news story and seeing a M. 6 from the USGS. I hope it's not a precursor to anything bigger.

[Farseer]

I live in Pensacola, FL and I also noticed the quake. I didn't really feel it, but use a projector for my TV and the picture jumped around quite bit this morning for about 5 seconds. The deflection was about 3" at 12'. The picture does move during contruction and such, but the deflection during those times is only 1/2" or so.

[jenmrk]

Does anyone remember this?

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readartic ... 5806&z=3&p

[Scorpion]

I felt nothing here . Ive always wanted to know what an earthquake feels like.

[jenmrk]

I live in Pensacola, FL and I also noticed the quake. I didn't really feel it, but use a projector for my TV and the picture jumped around quite bit this morning for about 5 seconds. The deflection was about 3" at 12'. The picture does move during contruction and such, but the deflection during those times is only 1/2" or so.

Farseer, where are you at here in town. I am off of 9 mile rd and felt nothing...oh weather channel talking about it now.... they pretty much made a joke about it being the conversation today at the ball game...boy what an informative bunch they are...IMO

[rockyman]

OK...so if this is the main shock, no problem...but if this is a precursor to a stronger quake...how strong before we have to worry about tsunami? I live almost at sea level (Dauphin Island)...so I'm not just playing around...

[O Town]

This new quake is not far from where they found the new oil sources in the Gulf. They drilled through 20,000 feet of rock. I wonder if all the drilling could have some effect with the shifting. I doubt it though. http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/05/news/co ... tm?cnn=yes

Didn't feel or hear nothing here. Hope these last 2 most recent quakes are not signs of things to come.

[cinlfla]

Well I'm on the othersied of the cost, I didn't feel or hear anything I was shocked when I read this I have family in Orlando but havn't talked to anyone yet to see if they felt anything.

[TampaSteve]

I felt nothing here . Ive always wanted to know what an earthquake feels like.

I was in SoCal back in 1994 for Northridge (and a whole year's worth of aftershocks)...not fun...this was nothing...

[alicia-w]

i felt a slight jiggle here in Niceville.... thought it might have been the boys bombing on the range and then thought, no, it's Sunday!

http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemerg ... ?a=133&z=1