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EARTHQUAKE REPORT...UPDATED
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
239 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2006

UPDATED TO ADD WEBSITE REFERENCES AND UGC CODES

...EARTHQUAKE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...

THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGIC SURVEY REPORTS A 6.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE 
OCCURRED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...AT 1056 AM EDT. THE EPICENTER OF 
THE QUAKE WAS AT LATITUDE 26.34 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 86.57 
WEST...APPROXIMATELY 253 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA 
FLORIDA OR APPROXIMATELY 257 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA 
FLORIDA.

THE EARTHQUAKE WAS WEAKLY TO MODERATELY FELT BY NUMEROUS RESIDENTS 
THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT AROUND 11:00 AM 
EDT.   

AT THIS TIME THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DEATHS...INJURIES OR 
PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE...WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.

ANY FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE WHEN IT IS RECEIVED
FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER AT THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITES:

 HTTP://NEIC.USGS.GOV

 OR

 HTTP://EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

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