Florida well water has shocking reaction after Alaska earthquake…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 7.9 magnitude earthquake 3,800 miles away on Tuesday shook the Earth and caused an even more drastic reaction right here in our own backyard.
Water levels in Florida wells unexpectedly rose and fell after the major quake in the Gulf of Alaska.
Seismic waves traveling through the Earth can change groundwater after an earthquake, Weather.com wrote.
“Water levels in wells respond to the seismic-wave induced expansion and contraction of the aquifer tapped by the well, in turn causing step or oscillatory fluid-pressure changes,” the USGS says.
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Water levels in Florida wells changed briefly after Tuesday’s earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska.
Seismic waves traveling through the earth often cause groundwater changes after earthquakes.
Tuesday’s 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska sent vibrations through the earth that caused water to rise and fall in wells in Florida, thousands of miles away.
Sensors near Fort Lauderdale and Madison, near the Georgia border, showed a minor change in water levels after the earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The changes in groundwater levels are often seen hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away from an earthquake’s epicenter.
After an 8.5 magnitude earthquake near Alaska in 1964 water level changes were reported at 716 wells in the United States, according to the USGS.
Occasionally, changes can be extreme.
A 5.2 magnitude northwest Pennsylvania temblor in 1998 rendered dry about 120 wells for local homes for about three months.
The Denali, Alaska, 7.9 magnitude earthquake of 2002 caused a well in Wisconsin to rise 2 feet.
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