The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.0- magnitude earthquake struck in the southern tip of Maine, about 4 miles west of Hollis Center, Maine. This is about 51 miles east-northeast of Concord, NH. The quake was shallow, only about 4.2 miles deep below the surface.
Fox 44 received your phone calls, emails, and Facebook posts about the shaking at roughly 7:13pm Tuesday. Only moments after the quake struck in Maine (USGS says it happened at 7:12pm)
The quake was felt in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, including Boston, and as far south as Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The Maine Emergency Management Agency had no immediate reports of damage. The York County Communications Center near the epicenter was inundated with emergency calls, and dispatchers were too busy to talk
According to the USGS, earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., although less frequent than in the western U.S., are typically felt over a much broader region. East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. A magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake usually can be felt as far as 500 km (300 mi) from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage as far away as 40 km (25 mi).
This was the 4th quake over a magnitude 2.0 within the past month in our region (New England/New York/Southern Quebec/southeast Ontario). Deserves to be monitored in the coming weeks, incase there continues to be an increase in activity.
For more recent earthquakes in the US in the past 7 days, click here.
For more recent earthquakes in Canada, click here.
The image (top left, click to enlarge) shows the seismograph image from the Weston Observatory located in Weston MA. The green jumps show when the earth shook. To learn more about seismographs, click here.
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