The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was centered around 10 miles east of Portsmouth, in an area in the Atlantic Ocean just north of the Isles of Shoals. Video from the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island shows the camera shaking when the earthquake hit at around 10:22 a.m.
New England felt the ground shake for a moment on Monday, January 27. Get all the details on who felt the earthquake.
An earthquake was detected off the coast of New Hampshire early Wednesday, the second quake to occur in the area this week, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A 3.8-magnitude earthquake was reported in the Atlantic Ocean about 9.
An earthquake was felt across New Hampshire on Monday morning. The 3.8-magnitude quake shook less than 10 miles east of Portsmouth around 10:22 a.m. The quake shook at a depth of more than 8 miles.Sign up for our NewslettersThe USGS initially reported the quake measured at a 4.
People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?
An earthquake centered off the coast of Maine rattled the region, causing light to moderate shaking in the state, as well as in parts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook parts of New England early Monday morning, striking approximately 7 miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at a depth of roughly 8 miles, rattling the region from Boston to Portland, Maine.
Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.
Monday’s incident marked the strongest earthquake in the northeast U.S. since last year when a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey in April — the strongest to hit the region in more than a decade, according to NBC News. There is currently no tsunami threat in New England, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center.
An earthquake off the Maine coast rattled New England on Monday, causing shaking in parts of the state, as well as in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
You can’t predict it and there’s no reason to predict there’s going to be anything worse,” one geosciences professor said.