Earthquakes are actually pretty common, but not in FL

It kinda surprised me when I read about the recent earthquake that occurred just off of Florida’s Gulf Coast because the area isn’t very well known to be all that active, speaking strictly tectonically of course.  Luckily, it wasn’t the type of earthquake that can cause a tsunami.

A friend showed me this cool site where you can track all earthquakes that occur worldwide over various stretches of time.  Red circles are quakes that happened today.  Orange = yesterday.  Yellow = last 2 weeks.  The size of the circle is proportional to the size of the quake. 

Very cool.  Thanks, Shane!

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