00:19On Monday afternoon at exactly 2 p.m.,
00:24the USGS confirmed a 6.1 magnitude earthquake
00:28off Cuba's western coast,
00:31about 65 miles east-southeast of Minas de Mataambre
00:36in the Gulf of Mexico.
00:38Now, here's the thing that makes this earthquake unusual.
00:42It was shallow, only about 6 miles deep.
00:45Within minutes, people in South Florida
00:48started asking the obvious question,
00:50is a tsunami coming?
00:52The National Weather Service in Miami moved quickly.
00:55No tsunami threat for South Florida.
00:59NOAA defines tsunamis as giant waves
01:02caused by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions,
01:06and a 6.1, while strong, didn't meet that threshold here.
01:10Two significant earthquakes on opposite sides of the globe
01:15within a single day.
01:16The planet had a rough Monday.
01:19Earthquakes this size don't always make headlines,
01:22but when they're shallow and when they cross international borders
01:26like this one did,
01:27they're a reminder of just how connected and fragile
01:31the ground beneath us really is.
01:58in the North Florida,
01:59In the U.S.
02:03For more information visit www.fema.org
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