La., Ga., Ala. Shaken But Not Damaged By Gulf Of Mexico Earthquake

Monday, September 11th, 2006 Catastrophe Property

The United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, reported that a strong earthquake occurred about 250 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida at 10:56 am on Sept. 10 2006. The quake was centered beneath the Gulf of Mexico, well distant from the nearest active plate boundary. This is the largest of more than a dozen shocks that have been instrumentally recorded from the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the past three decades, and it is the most widely felt.

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http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2006/09/11/72267.htm

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