Rare earthquake today shakes Central #florida but now storms roll back in!
THURSDAY AT 7 P.M. LET’S TALK FORECAST NOW. BUT SPECIFICALLY, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY. TONY OBVIOUSLY HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA, BUT THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE STATE PEOPLE, SOMEWHERE SAY THEY FELT IT. YEAH. THE MAP THAT WE’VE BEEN SHOWING ALL AFTERNOON OF ALL THOSE LOCATIONS AND ALL THOSE COUNTIES RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, FELT IT IS A TESTAMENT OF HOW STRONG A 6.1 EARTHQUAKE IS. GUYS, YOU REALLY, REALLY GOT TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A BUNCH OF AFTERSHOCKS DOWN THERE, BUT NONE THAT WE FELT BECAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN TWO AND A HALF ON THE ON THE RICHTER SCALE THERE. SO WE’RE NOT GOING TO FEEL THAT DOWN HERE. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOP FIVE EARTHQUAKES RELATIVELY CLOSE TO FLORIDA, NOT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN, NOT IN THE WESTERN GULF. WE HAD ONE EAST OF US. THAT’S CAPE CANAVERAL JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, 4.0 OVER IN INDEPENDENCE, I SHOULD SAY PALATKA, 4.4. GOING BACK TO 19, 1897, THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE CUBA THERE. THEY’RE KNOWN FOR THEIR HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKES, AS THEY ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO A FAULT LINE THERE. SO THIS EARTHQUAKE TODAY, THE 6.1, ROUGHLY ABOUT 464 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. SO THERE’S THE FALL LINE. NOW, WHEN IT RUBS TOGETHER AND SLIPS, THAT SOMETIMES CREATES THE EARTHQUAKES. AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY ALONG THAT BOUNDARY TODAY. AND THEN IT WAS FELT THERE IN THE FAR SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. NOW, SWITCHING GEARS, HEADED TO THE OUTSIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE OURSELVES SOME FANTASTIC WEATHER, A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE OUT THERE, BUT THE TEMPERATURES AREN’T TOO BAD. NEAR 90 THROUGH THE INTERIOR, A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL THIN CIRRUS CLOUDS. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE PICKING UP ON THOSE CAMERAS FOR YOU THERE THIS AFTERNOON. LET ME SHOW YOU LIVE RADAR. A FEW SHOWERS UP TO THE NORTH. SMOKE PLUME NEAR PALM COAST AND A BIGGER PRESCRIBED BURN THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DURING THE 5:00 HOUR, SHOWING UP BIG TIME OVER THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE NEAR KINGSVILLE. NOW, YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST HERE UP IN DAYTONA BEACH WILL DROP TO ABOUT 75 DEGREES TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES LOW 70S NORTH AND WEST, MIDDLE UPPER 70S NOW BACK TOWARDS THE COAST THERE IN BREVARD IN SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY. HERE’S YOUR SETUP FOR TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURES NEARBY. WE HAVE MORE OF AN ONSHORE FLOW TOMORROW, AND THAT’S GOING TO GENERATE A COUPLE MORE SHOWERS FOR US HERE. NOT A LOT. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THAT MOISTENING OF MECHANISM THERE. YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART LOW RAIN CHANCES THERE 20, 30, MAYBE 40% UP THERE UP TOWARDS PALM COAST IN FLAGLER COUNTY. BUT NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, MIDDLE 80S ALONG THE CO UPPER 80S, LOW 90S THROUGH THE INTERIOR WITH MORE CLOUDS, SHOWERS AND STORMS GETTING GOING. BUT THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES ALL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, RUNNING ABOUT 93 TO ABOUT 97 DEGREES. ONCE THE CLOUDS AND THE SHOWERS DO INDEED GET GOING THERE, THAT WILL BEGIN TO COOL THINGS DOWN. BUT THE PATTERN HERE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THAT DEEP, RICH EAST EAST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL GENERATE THOSE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH AND EVERY AFTERNOON, AND THAT RAINFALL IS GOING TO START TO ADD UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MIDWEEK AND THEN ON INTO THE WEEKEND, WE CAN EASILY PICK UP A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN. AND FOLKS, BOY, DO WE NEED IT. WE HAVE BEEN AWFULLY DRY HERE. WE GOT A LITTLE HELP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT MANY OF US STILL NEED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN TO CATCH ON UP, AND I THINK THAT COULD EASILY BE ON THE WAY. LOOK AT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ON A GREEN THERE THROUGH THE INTERIOR, HINTING AT THE CHANCE THERE FOR SOME DECENT AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS. AND THERE’S A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING KINGSTON. BUT REALLY, OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF UPPER LEVEL WIND SHEAR HERE IN THE GULF. SO LET’S PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER HERE FOR YOU. CENTRAL FLORIDA’S MOST ACCURATE INLAND SEVEN DAY FORECAST. RAIN CHANCES GOING UP NOW TO ABOUT 40% O
Rare earthquake today shakes Central #florida but now storms roll back in!
Updated: 6:45 PM EDT Jun 8, 2026
Chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida’s updated forecast.Rare earthquake today shakes Central #florida but now storms roll back in! Radar Hurricanes Severe Weather Alerts Map Room
Chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida’s updated forecast.
Rare earthquake today shakes Central #florida but now storms roll back in!