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Earthquake trackers at the U.S. Geological Survey are trying to determine whether five earthquakes detected near the Alabama/Florida border are related to drilling in the area.
While earthquakes do occur on occasion in Florida, what you felt last night wasn't an earthquake, at least according to the U ...
Still, earthquakes are not uncommon in Alabama. Since 1886, more than 400 earthquakes have been recorded in the state. Typically earthquakes only with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher can be felt.
The earthquakes in Alabama range from 2.5 to 5.4, keeping it in the minor earthquake category. In this category damage that is reported is generally minimal and it is able to be felt.
Two magnitude 2.4 earthquakes hit Central Alabama in early November this year. (WSFA 12 News) With them occurring on consecutive days, does that mean we should expect more in the near future?
Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...
Historical earthquakes of Alabama. The Geological Survey of Alabama reports that on April 29, 2003, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Fort Payne, Alabama, causing damage to buildings, sinkholes ...
The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.