The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Communications Center received several calls from residents reporting the shaking.
June 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM National Weather Service Miami said it received several reports of shaking felt across much of Florida after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake just west of Cuba .
Recommended VideosNews4JAX commenters reported feeling shockwaves near Tinseltown, Baymeadows, downtown and beyond.
“I’m downtown, and some employees on our higher floors felt it as well. They described it as minor, but it gave them a brief sense of vertigo. I didn’t feel it personally,” a News4JAX Insider said.
“Felt it on the fourth floor in Jax. A jolt, the whole building shook for a second,” one person commented.
“All the way up in Jacksonville Florida, felt it and I live in Philips Pointe Apartments right here. On the 6th floor and yes it shook us all the way up. It’s 10 stories tall!!!! ” Dawn Richey posted.
“I felt something thought I was tripping… had me looking out the window to see if the trees was moving,” Quetta Hall said. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Communications Center received several calls from residents reporting the shaking.
“The good news is there are no reports of damage associated with this earthquake, and there is no tsunami threat,” JaxReady wrote on Facebook. “Not something we experience every day in Jacksonville, but definitely enough to get people’s attention. ”Ariel Schiller joined the News4Jax team as an evening reporter in September of 2023. She comes to Jacksonville from Tallahassee where she worked at ABC27 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter for 10 months.
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