Do all seismic events occur at faultlines?

Subject: Do all seismic events occur at faultlines?

Date: Thu Feb 26 19:18:38 1998
Posted by L. Norris
Grade level: 4-6
School: Winston Park Elementary
City: Miami State/Province: Florida
Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 888542318.Es

Message:

In October of 1997 a seismic event occurred near the Alabama/Florida border. Since no major fault is written about in the literature we researched {excepting the "New Madrid" fault which was not near the epicenter of uake) how can I explain to my students what caused this temblor. As I recall, it registered between 3 and 4 on the richter scale. Is Florida subducting or what!!???

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