South Fla. water table rose after quake
Posted by
Skip Wiley on 3/20/2011, 1:58 pm
WEST PALM BEACH - The devastating earthquake that shook Japan appears to have caused the water table throughout much of Florida to rise and then fall up to three inches.
The South Florida Water Management District says the groundwater level rose for about 34 minutes after the quake struck on March 11.
The agency's monitoring network registered a spike from Orlando to the Florida Keys.
Susan Slyvester, an official with the district, says the agency was not expecting to see any effect from the earthquake because of the large distance from Japan.
Changes in groundwater levels were also observed after the quakes in Haiti and Chile last year.
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