Geologist: Shaking Wasn't Florida Earthquake

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Geologist: Shaking Wasn't Florida Earthquake

Ground Reportedly Shakes But It Wasn't An Earthquake
Posted: 12:12 pm EDT March 18, 2011
Updated: 7:06 pm EDT March 18, 2011

PALM COAST, Fla. -- Investigators are trying to solve a bizarre mystery in Flagler County. A wave of people called 911 around 9:30am Friday to report the ground shaking in Flagler County. The calls all came from the Hammock area of Palm Coast (see map).
However, people in the north Daytona area, as well as in Deltona and as far north as St. Augustine, said they felt it as well. Many people were worried that the shaking was an earthquake.
The Emergency Management Office was on the phone all day trying to figure out the cause of the shaking. Residents said that buildings were shaking, and even a dispatcher in the county felt it happen..more from the source

 

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Re: Geologist: Shaking Wasn't Florida Earthquake

Officials: South Fla. water table rose after quake

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The devastating earthquake that shook Japan caused a temporary jolt in groundwater levels throughout much of Florida, officials said.
The South Florida Water Management District reports that a network of groundwater gauges registered a jump of up to three inches in the water table from Orlando to the Florida Keys about 34 minutes after the quake struck on March 11....more


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/20/2125014/officials-south-fla-water-table.html#ixzz1HFVI7woe