A 3.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Maine shook parts of the northeast on Monday morning, with residents as far away as… Boston feels the rumble, Officials said.
The earthquake occurred about 6.5 miles southeast york, maine, Just before 10:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which initially reported the quake's magnitude as 4.1 before the quake's magnitude was revised to 3.8.
“Today's M3.8 near Bar Harbor, Maine, reminds us that earthquakes are unusual but not previously unheard of along the Atlantic Coast,” the USGS wrote on X's website.
The National Weather Service in Caribou, Maine, said there was no tsunami threat.
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There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The US Geological Survey announced that the earthquake measured 3.8 off the coast of Maine on Monday morning. (US Geological Survey)
Residents in the Northeast reported feeling the shockwave on social media.
One user on X wrote: “Earthquake! Has anyone else felt it? I'm in southern Maine and the whole house shook like a car had hit it.”
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“Pretty good shake here. Big WTF moment,” Al User wrote In a second post. “I ran to the windows to see if something had hit the house.”
NWS Boston, about 65 miles south of York, Residents asked If they feel a rumble.
Other residents in New Hampshire and Rhode Island also reported the death rattle.
New England, and as far south as Long Island, N.Y., have felt small quakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger quakes since Colonial times, the USGS said.
“Moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in the region every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt about twice a year,” the USGS said. “The Boston area was damaged three times in 28 years in the mid-1700s, and New York City was damaged in 1737 and 1884.”
