Earthquake off coast of Maine shakes Northeast

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake disconnected the seashore of Maine shook parts of the Northeast connected Monday morning, with residents arsenic acold distant arsenic Boston feeling the rumble, officials said.

The quake occurred astir 6.5 miles southeast of York, Maine, conscionable earlier 10:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which initially reported the magnitude arsenic 4.1 earlier adjusting the temblor to 3.8.

"Today's M3.8 adjacent Bar Harbor, Maine, reminds america that earthquakes are antithetic but not unheard of on the Atlantic Seaboard," USGS wrote connected X.

The National Weather Service (NWS) successful Caribou, Maine, said determination was nary menace of a tsunami.

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There were nary contiguous reports of harm oregon injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 3.8 disconnected the seashore of Maine connected Monday morning. (U.S. Geological Survey)

Residents successful the Northeast reported feeling the astonishment daze connected societal media.

"Earthquake! Did anyone other consciousness it?? I'm successful Southern Maine and the full location shook similar a conveyance ran into it," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.

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"Pretty decent jolt here. Big WTF moment," the user wrote successful a 2nd post. "I rushed to the windows to spot if thing deed the house."

NWS Boston, astir 65 miles southbound of York, asked residents if they felt the rumble.

Other residents successful New Hampshire and Rhode Island besides reported the rattle.

USGS said that New England, and arsenic acold southbound arsenic Long Island, N.Y., person felt tiny earthquakes and suffered harm from infrequent larger ones since assemblage times.

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"Moderately damaging earthquakes onslaught determination successful the portion each fewer decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt astir doubly a year," USGS said. "The Boston country was damaged 3 times wrong 28 years successful the mediate 1700's, and New York City was damaged successful 1737 and 1884."