"Unusual 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Florida's Space Coast: What's the Risk of a Tsunami?"
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A 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred about 100 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, rattling residents along the Space Coast just hours before a rocket launch. The US Geological Survey received reports of people in Melbourne, Palm Bay, St. Augustine, and Cocoa feeling the quake. Despite the event, it did not prompt a tsunami warning, and it did not affect the launch of NASA's PACE mission, which aims to assess ocean health by measuring phytoplankton distribution.
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