An earthquake measuring at a magnitude 3.8 and centered about 7 miles southeast of York Harbor in Maine on Monday was felt as far away as Boston, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Image courtesy of York County EMA
Jan. 28 (UPI) — Parts of New England were jolted by a small earthquake Monday that was centered in Maine and felt as far away as Boston, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to the USGS, the temblor measured at a magnitude 3.8 and was centered about 7 miles southeast of York Harbor.
“We can confirm that a small earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m.,” York County Emergency Management Agency in Maine wrote in a post on X, confirming no injuries. “Shaking was felt countywide. No risk remains to the public.”
Monday’s quake “reminds us that earthquakes are unusual but not unheard of along the Atlantic Seaboard,” USGS Earthquakes added in a post on X.
On Aug. 23, 2011, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook Washington, D.C., and Virginia, with shaking felt as far north as New England and into Canada. The temblor was the strongest to hit Virginia in more than a century and damaged the Washington Monument and National Cathedral. Earthquakes are more common in the western United States than in the East.
On Monday, residents in Boston reported feeling a “long, steady rumbling,” according to NBC News in Boston.
The York Police Department confirmed there was no damage to the southern Maine town near the quake’s epicenter.
“Nothing in the water, nothing out of place, everything appears to be the way it was before the earthquake,” said York Police Department Sgt. Brian McNeice.
“It seems like it was felt by a lot of people and we felt it here. Luckily nothing so far has been damaged or anything like that.”