USGS: Near 4.0 earthquake reported near Alabama Florida stateline

by: WKRG Staff

Posted: Sep 4, 2020 / 12:14 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 4, 2020 / 12:25 PM EDT

UPDATE (11:40 a.m.) — The USGS has updated the information on the earthquake that happened on the Florida/Alabama state line in Santa Rosa County, FL and Escambia County, AL Thursday morning.

The earthquake, felt 1 km WNW of Pollard, Alabama has been downgraded to a 3.8 magnitude earthquake.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — According to USGS, a 4.0 earthquake was recorded at around 10 Thursday morning.

Below is the location and depth of the earthquake:

Location: 31.004°N 87.137°W

Depth: 10.0 km

WKRG News 5 have also received calls from viewers saying they felt “a shake.”

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