TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northwestern coast of Cuba Monday afternoon, with shaking felt across Florida from the Panhandle to the Keys.
The United States Geological Survey detected the earthquake at 2 p.m. Eastern time in the southern Gulf. The quake occurred at a depth of about six miles below the Earth’s surface, approximately 525 miles from Tallahassee.
Residents across Leon County reported light shaking around 2:05 to 2:10 p.m. WCTV’s newsroom received multiple phone calls from people who felt the tremors.
National Weather Service confirms shaking
Kelly Godsey, senior service hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, said staff in his office felt the shaking about five minutes after 2 p.m…