Did you feel it? 2nd earthquake this week detected off coast of New England
A second earthquake in just three days was detected off the coast of New England early Wednesday morning.
The United States Geological Survey confirmed a 2.0-magnitude earthquake centered southeast of York Harbor, Maine, just north of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, around 3:15 a.m.
The epicenter of Wednesday's earthquake is located in about the same area as the 3.8-magnitude quake on Monday that was felt across New England.
Many Massachusetts residents reported strong rattling from Monday's earthquake, saying it 'sounded like a freight train.'
There were no reports of any injuries or damage from the earthquakes.
Dr. John Ebel, a senior research scientist at the Weston Observatory, told Boston 25 News that these types of earthquakes provide valuable data.
'It helps us figure out where the active faults may be and potentially where the big earthquakes may occur in the future,' Ebel explained.
Ebel hopes New Englanders will use this week's natural occurrences as an opportunity to become aware, not concerned.
'We do live in a seismically active area. We have had damaging earthquakes historically in the past and every reason to believe we will have damaging earthquakes in the future,' Ebel said.
The most storied earthquake in Massachusetts history occurred about 4:30 a.m. on November 18, 1755, and it had an epicenter about 30 miles east of Cape Ann, according to the Northeast States Emergency Consortium.
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