Hurricane and Earthquake in NW FL???

[LCfromFL]

A colleage of mine in CA sent me an interesting link about earthquakes (since I was in Santa Ana last week - and they had a good 'rumble'). Anway...this one caught my eye (since I didn't think FL even had earthquakes).

This information was from this site: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1780_02_06.html

Largest Earthquake in Florida

Northwest Florida
1780 02 06 UTC
Intensity VI

Regimentals and arms racks fell from walls in many barracks; everything in the rooms was moved; doors were sprung. Chimneys were thrown together causing fires. Neighboring houses clashed together, and people buried in the ruins cried for help. This event occurred during a "fearful" storm that was accompanied by violent thunder and lightning and raging seas. Possibly a hurricane.

See also the earthquake on 1879 Jan 13.

Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.

[Brent]

There was a 4.9 in Escambia County, Alabama just a few miles north of the Florida border in 1997, felt all through the Panhandle, otherwise, it's very unusual.