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6.0 Earthquake in Gulf of Mexico at 9:56 am
WFTV ^ | 9/10/06 | WFTV

Posted on 09/10/2006 9:18:29 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

This is being reported live on tv so has not yet made it on the website. Tremors have been felt in Central Florida.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: earthquake; florida; globalwarmingdidit
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To: Clara Lou

Yes. The local news just said it has been upgraded to 6.0.


21 posted on 09/10/2006 9:28:50 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRATS-POLITICIZING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA 24/7)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Just Bush testing out his new earthquake machine.


22 posted on 09/10/2006 9:28:56 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
What's happening up on the New Madrid fault line?..... any activity?
23 posted on 09/10/2006 9:29:21 AM PDT by deport
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To: Clara Lou

The Gulf is all faults from that Chixclub meteor impact. This location is somewhat unusual for large earthquakes.


24 posted on 09/10/2006 9:31:32 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Clara Lou
The Gulf of Mexico doesn't typcially have many earthquakes. Here is the earthquakes in the local area in the las 16 years:

25 posted on 09/10/2006 9:31:44 AM PDT by burzum (Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

GODZIRRA! Fort Myers is toast!


26 posted on 09/10/2006 9:33:56 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Mag 6.0 depth 10.00 km ?

Very shallow - within drilling depths. Somebody set off a small nuke to break up the oil strata ?

Where Thomas Clancy when you need him?


27 posted on 09/10/2006 9:34:34 AM PDT by TimesDomain (When a judge declares himself "MASTER", you become his "SLAVE")
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To: burzum

Now, what would be interesting to know is what effect, if any, this had on New Orleans, which is sliding into the Gulf. [See this link from the Discovery Channel: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060327/neworleans_pla.html


28 posted on 09/10/2006 9:35:04 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Only a fool creates ill will unnecessarily.)
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To: BallyBill
"That was hours ago, is this EDT?"

No. EST.

29 posted on 09/10/2006 9:38:27 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRATS-POLITICIZING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA 24/7)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Chevron's fault.


30 posted on 09/10/2006 9:39:56 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Now Local channel 13 in Orlando says it occurred at 10:56 am EST..


31 posted on 09/10/2006 9:41:16 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRATS-POLITICIZING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA 24/7)
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To: sheikdetailfeather; NautiNurse; spectre

Aren't we still on daylight savings time?

Fox News is going with this now.

Tremors felt in Tampa Bay area and as far north as Georgia.


32 posted on 09/10/2006 9:41:28 AM PDT by Howlin (Who in the press will stick up for ABC's right to air this miniseries? ~~NRO)
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To: Aggie Mama

I like your screen name. :-)


33 posted on 09/10/2006 9:42:21 AM PDT by AggieMom x 3
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To: sheikdetailfeather
...Tremors have been felt in Central Florida....

I'm in east central FL, I didn't feel anything.

34 posted on 09/10/2006 9:42:44 AM PDT by FReepaholic (This tagline could indicate global warming.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

We felt in here in the St. Petersburg area. Top floor of the hospital reporting floors and walls shaking.


35 posted on 09/10/2006 9:43:08 AM PDT by tenthirteen
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To: deport
Nothing today, just usual minor activity earlier this week.


36 posted on 09/10/2006 9:43:22 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Howlin

I guess you are right, Howlin! It should be DST! I just looked on the calendar.


37 posted on 09/10/2006 9:43:30 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRATS-POLITICIZING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA 24/7)
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To: Howlin
Aren't we still on daylight savings time?

Yes. From the USGS Site (click on "What time is it"):

Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 10:56:07 AM (EDT) - Eastern Daylight (New York, Toronto)

38 posted on 09/10/2006 9:44:00 AM PDT by burzum (Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Didn't feel a thing in north central Florida.


39 posted on 09/10/2006 9:44:16 AM PDT by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I just thought I had missed a whole month.........LOL.

Don't DO that to me!


40 posted on 09/10/2006 9:45:08 AM PDT by Howlin (Who in the press will stick up for ABC's right to air this miniseries? ~~NRO)
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