Sunday, March 21, 2010

so i live in florida and last week i felt an earthquake. what could it possibly be

so i live in florida and last week i felt an earthquake. what could it possibly be?
so i live in florida and last week i felt an earthquake. what could it possibly be? i did some investigating to see if there were any earthquakes and actually at 930pm on may 1st there was a 6.6 earthquake in alaska. me and my friend were so scared by this weird subtle shaking sensation that we recorded what time it happened and we felt it at 10pm about 30 min after the earthquake in alaska. is it possible that we felt the earthquake?
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1 :
The approximate distance between Alaska and Florida is about 2,500 miles. That is an absolutely huge distance. If you felt a slight tremor at that distance, don't you think communities closer to the epicenter - especially in Canada would be simply devastated? Also, if you felt the shockwave about 30 mins after, the shockwaves would be travelling at about 5,000 mph. It is highly unlikely due to the huge population centres between you and Alaska that would feel a much stronger shockwave.
2 :
Florida does occasionally have small quakes, if you felt one at the same time as the Alaskan quake it was just coincidental timing. According to the US Geological Service no quakes have been reported in Florida recently. Its possible you felt something limited to such a small area it was not picked up by instruments or was possibly a man made event, such as underground blasting with explosives. Check the USGS page for everything about earthquakes. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/earthquake/