A Ware, Massachusetts, resident said she was home and her whole house was shaking for about 10 seconds from what she at first believed was an 18-wheeler coming down Route 9.
The ground violently shook in a video taken outside the iconic Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, amid a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that struck off the coast Monday morning and could be felt across New England.
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred around 10:30 a.m. about 8 miles of the coast of York Harbor in Southern Maine,
The US Geological Survey said this quake, whose epicenter was about 7 miles from southern Maine’s coastal town of York, was the strongest earthquake to strike the Northeast since last April’s 4.8 shaker in northern New Jersey, which was also felt across must of Southern New England, including Boston.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook all six New England states, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 8-mile deep quake hit about 6 miles offshore from York Harbor, Maine, at 10:22 a.m Monday, Jan. 27, according to the USGS.
Another earthquake of a relatively minor 2.0 magnitud e was recorded overnight in approximately the same spot as Monday’s 3.8-magnitude quake off the coast of Maine, according to the United State Geological Survey.
YORK, Maine — A small earthquake was reported off the coast of York Harbor Wednesday morning, two days after a larger one in a similar spot.
Another, smaller earthquake was reported off the coast of Maine overnight. The 2.0-magnitude earthquake occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday off the coast of York, Maine, about the same location as Monday’s 3.
The magnitude 2.0 earthquake early Wednesday morning came two days after a magnitude 3.8 quake hit in almost the exact same spot.
PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — A 4.2 earthquake struck off the northwest coast of Washington early Wednesday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake hit shortly before 6 a.m. around 142 miles southwest of Tofino, Canada, or to the west of Washington’s Olympic National Park.
It’s been a very busy week underground in Maine, as there was an aftershock Wednesday morning from the larger earthquake that occurred Monday.