在 NASA PACE 任务发射前几个小时，距卡纳维拉尔角 101 英里的佛罗里达州东海岸发生了 4.0 级地震。 A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Florida's east coast 101 miles from Cape Canaveral, hours before NASA's PACE mission launch.

周三深夜，佛罗里达州东海岸、卡纳维拉尔角以东约 101 英里处发生了罕见的 4.0 级地震。 A rare 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred off the east coast of Florida, approximately 101 miles east of Cape Canaveral, late on Wednesday night. 美国地质勘探局收到了大量关于墨尔本、棕榈湾、圣奥古斯丁和可可地区有人感受到地震的报告。 The USGS received numerous reports of people feeling the quake in Melbourne, Palm Bay, St. Augustine, and Cocoa. 这次地震发生在美国宇航局 PACE 任务预定发射前几个小时，该任务旨在通过测量浮游植物的分布来研究海洋健康。 The earthquake took place hours before the scheduled launch of NASA's PACE mission, which aimed to study ocean health by measuring the distribution of phytoplankton.