6.0 Earthquake Sends Shivers Through Region
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The largest earthquake to strike the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the last 30 years sent shock waves from Louisiana to southwest Florida, but did little more than rattle residents.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake, centered about 260 miles southwest of Tampa, Fla., was too small to trigger a tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The agency received more than 2,800 reports from people who felt the 10:56 a.m. quake.
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