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Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
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. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
CBS News
29-01-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Another earthquake detected off Maine, 2 days after Boston felt larger quake
YORK HARBOR, Maine - Another earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Maine, two days after a larger quake shook Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The magnitude 2.0 earthquake was detected at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday about six miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was almost the exact same location as the 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt in Boston and hundreds of miles away throughout New England on Monday. Like Monday, there were no reports of damage or injuries from the earthquake. Wednesday's earthquake was not widely felt. Only about 20 people filed "Did You Feel It" reports with the USGS on Wednesday, compared to more than 40,000 who shared their experience from the earthquake on Monday. Earthquake aftershocks An earthquake like the one earlier in the week happens once every four or five years, scientist John Ebel with the Weston Observatory at Boston College told WBZ-TV. Ebel said Monday that "there will certainly be aftershocks," but it's a question of whether they'll be strong enough to be felt in New England.
CBS News
28-01-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Earthquake felt in Boston was centered off Maine
BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday was centered off York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, a USGS map showed. What time was the earthquake today? The earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 happened at 10:22 a.m. It was initially reported as a magnitude of 4.1 and then 3.9. "This is like a once-in-every-five-years kind of earthquake," John Ebel, a senior scientist with the Weston Observatory at Boston College, told WBZ-TV. The depth of the earthquake was more than eight miles underground, according to the USGS. There was no tsunami threat to New England, the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center reported. "We don't sit on any active fault lines," WBZ-TV executive weather producer Terry Eliasen said. "But again for our area [it] is really significant." No reports of earthquake damage in Massachusetts Shaking could be felt for a few seconds in the area, as well as in the WBZ-TV newsroom in Boston. USGS shake map, where the earthquake was felt today — Terry Eliasen (@TerryWBZ) January 27, 2025 "My house shook pretty good," said WBZ-TV anchor David Wade, who lives just west of Boston. "It went on for what felt like a good five or 10 seconds." Anna Fletcher was working from her home office in Milton when her house started shaking. "It shook probably four to five seconds pretty significantly, and I stood up to check things out but by that time everything was over and the dog started barking," Fletcher told WBZ-TV. "Your mind goes to anything but an earthquake when you live in New England." The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said it received reports of shaking felt in the state, but there were no immediate reports of damage. "Remember, during an earthquake: drop, cover and hold on for safety," the agency said. Will there be earthquake aftershocks in Boston? Ebel said "there certainly will be aftershocks that will be recorded seismically." "If the aftershocks get to be, you know, magnitude 2.8, 3,0, or 3.1, let's say those will be felt probably by the people in the North Shore area of Massachusetts as well as coastal New Hampshire and south coastal Maine," he said. Last year, a 4.8 earthquake centered in New Jersey was felt in parts of Massachusetts. Earthquake shakes Maine Police and fire scanner audio from York County, Maine captured the initial response to the earthquake. "We're not sure what's going on. We're getting calls from all over town about an explosion," a dispatcher can be heard saying. "We had a very large shake here at the station as well," another person says. Residents in York say it was a frightening experience. "I was standing right here, and it was 'boom,' and then instantly, all at once, the whole house was shaking. And I looked up and the lights were swinging," Cindy McKenna said, "I picked up and called 911, then I just ran outside." "I was vacuuming, and all the sudden, it sounded like a truck or an airplane engine or something, I mean, and the house shook," said Gene Raymond. "A couple of things fell off my shelf and we literally thought something exploded, that's what it sounded like, the building shook," Dawn Milbury said Nancy Begert was working at an OB/GYN office in Portland, Maine when the building started to shake. "We all kind of looked at each other, like, what's happening? And then when it was done, we said, 'I think that was an earthquake," Begert said. "One of the girls in another room had something fall off the desk, but no damage." Home damage after earthquake The Maine Emergency Management Agency was asking residents not to call 911 unless there was an emergency. But they did ask residents to make sure they check for any damage to their homes. "That's the standard thing you should do after an earthquake. Check your house, make sure nothing cracked. If you have a hook up of some sort of flammable heating source make sure you check that to make sure nothing was damaged" Emergency Management Director, Nicole Pastana said.
Boston Globe
27-01-2025
- Science
- Boston Globe
Maine has recorded 500-plus earthquakes. But you wouldn't know it with most of them.
Advertisement 'The cold rock structure underlying the East Coast means that seismic waves are transmitted much more efficiently,' said Sonder. 'As a result, vibrations from even small earthquakes are felt over much larger areas than they would be in western states such as California.' Maine, like the other New England states, is no stranger to earthquakes. Quakes actually occur multiple times per month in our region. Minor earthquakes, generally a magnitude 2 or lower on the Richter scale, which measures the strength of earthquakes, are barely noticeable as we go about our day, according to experts. There have been hundreds of these low-end shakes on record. 'The Weston Observatory records about three to five minor earthquakes per month, but once you get to the magnitude of 3, we usually capture one per year,' said John Ebel, a senior research scientist at Weston Observatory at Boston College. '(Today's) event was closer to a 4.0 magnitude, which happens about one in five years,' which goes for any earthquake at a strength of 3 or higher on the Richter scale. Since 1900, there have been more than 500 earthquakes recorded across the state of Maine or within instrument range, according to the USGS. Most of them range from a 1 to 3 magnitude. The state of Maine sees decent seismic activity, but larger earthquakes that we can actually feel occur once every five years. USGS 'When you get to or above a 5.0 magnitude, which happens about every 100 years, that's where damage occurs,' added Ebel. 'In 1755, we had a 6.2 earthquake by Cape Ann, Mass. which did a lot of damage.' Advertisement The largest earthquake ever recorded in or off the coast of Maine was in 1907, where a 5.7-magnitude quake occurred in extreme Downeast Maine, within Passamaquoddy Bay. However, there has been a notable cluster of earthquakes whose epicenters have lied between Cape Ann off the North Shore, stretching to southern Maine, where the earthquake on Monday occurred. Experts suggest that the strike-slip fault across a several fault lines in the Gulf of Maine may indicate that they're becoming more fragile, with the developing concentration of epicenters focusing south of Portland and off the New Hampshire and Massachusetts coast. Ken Mahan can be reached at
CBS News
27-01-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
"Shake map" shows where New England earthquake was felt
BOSTON - An earthquake just off the Maine coastline today could be felt in Boston and hundreds of miles away into Connecticut, Vermont, according to a "shake map" from the United States Geological Survey. The map shows the majority of reports were concentrated on the North Shore of Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine, where the epicenter of the 3.8 magnitude earthquake occurred about six miles off York Harbor at 10:22 a.m. There even appeared to be some rumbles felt in eastern New York state around Albany, the map showed. The USGS collects "Did You Feel It?" reports from the public after an earthquake. As of Monday afternoon, about 35,000 people had shared what they felt with the agency. Earthquake in Boston An earthquake of this size happens about once every four or five years in the region, Boston College geophysics professor John Ebel at the Weston Observatory told WBZ-TV. It was felt by some in Boston and surrounding communities. "Yes, that was an earthquake we just felt," police in Wellesley posted to Facebook. "The Wellesley Police station certainly shook a little." Some who felt the shaking didn't know what was happening at first. "I thought it was a large truck going down the road," a WBZ-TV viewer from South Dennis commented on social media. "The windows shook." Earthquake video from Maine A live camera from the Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, not far from the earthquake's epicenter, showed brief shaking on Monday morning. Those who lived closest to the earthquake said it was a scary event. "I'm still shaking," one woman commented on the York Beach Fire/Rescue Facebook page. "Felt like it was under my house. I'm about 3 miles from the harbor." A Kittery resident described the earthquake as "huge and loud."
