(Spectrum News 9) – A small earthquake hit the western Florida panhandle, an event that’s rare for the state. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.6 earthquake happened at the Florida-Alabama border just before midnight Wednesday, just east of Century, Florida. That’s in the extreme northwest corner of the state.
A magnitude 2.6 quake should not cause any damage, according to USGS. However, earthquakes are extremely rare for Florida. The last earthquake in Florida was in 2006, off the Gulf of Mexico. It was a magnitude of 5.9. In fact, the last 5 earthquakes all took place in the Gulf of Mexico between 1992 and 2006. READ MORE
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