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Thomas Tuchel's England is currently based in Florida ahead of the FIFA World Cup -Credit:Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images
England's World Cup preparations were rattled by a record-breaking earthquake just days before their final warm-up match.
Thomas Tuchel's squad has set up camp in Florida ahead of the tournament, with their first World Cup game scheduled for June 17 against Croatia. However, on Monday evening, the region was struck by an earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter scale, originating off the western coast of Cuba.
Despite being located more than 150 miles from the epicenter, tremors were reportedly felt throughout Orlando and other areas across Florida, as per The Mirror.
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Tremors were felt across Florida after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cuba -Credit:Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images
The earthquake took place off the west coast of Cuba, with tremors felt across Florida, including in Orlando.
Videos have since landed on social media, showing buildings shaking as a result, although there have been no reports as of yet, indicating any injuries or property damage.
The National Weather Service has confirmed there is no tsunami threat to the United States coastline.
An official social media statement read: "We've received several recent reports of shaking across Southwestern Florida within the past 30 minutes. An earthquake has occurred just west of Cuba in the southern Gulf. @USGS_Quakes has since revised the magnitude down to a 6.1 at a depth of 10km."
Beyond Orlando, tremors were also detected in Miami and Jacksonville, prompting the evacuation of multiple buildings as a precautionary measure following reports of shaking.
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England face Costa Rica in Orlando on Wednesday night, before relocating to their base in Missouri, where they hope to remain for several weeks. Tuchel has chosen to acclimatize his squad in the sweltering Florida heat, with the aim of having his players primed and ready as the tournament progresses.
He said: "It will be tough, it will be hopefully a long World Cup. It will be a lot of travelling, it will be a lot of adversity, from the heat, from humidity. We had a delay in training already for almost one hour because of lightning.
"But that's also the task for us, and that's also what we want to achieve, to have an atmosphere where we stay calm, where we stay patient and where we adapt to the circumstances. That's just what it takes, I think, to go through the tournament."
Tuchel deployed two entirely different lineups during Saturday night's victory over New Zealand in Tampa, but has suggested Wednesday night's selection could more closely resemble the side he fields when the stakes are highest.
England's players took advantage of a rest and recovery day on Sunday, before returning to full training on Monday.
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