Posted
10/15/2008 05:15:00 PM
by Douglas
Earthquake in Miami? No, it's not where you think. Only a tree was
damaged.A 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Miami area Monday night, but there were no reports Tuesday of significant damage.
The epicenter of the 10:07 p.m. jolt was about six miles northwest of Miami, or 75 miles east-northeast of Amarillo, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.
"One resident told us he saw an uprooted tree ... and one lady called and said it shook the foundation of her house," said Sandy Carr, a dispatcher for the Roberts County Sheriff's Office. "You definitely could feel it.
That's my-am-MA, Texas, to the uninitiated.
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