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.
The quake, centered about six miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine, at 10:22 a.m. was reportedly felt hundreds of miles away across New England and as far as Pennsylvania.
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New England on Monday morning with shaking felt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and an hour away in Boston. The quake was centered 10 kilometers southeast of York Harbor, Maine.
Another, smaller earthquake was reported off the coast of Maine overnight. The 2.0-magnitude earthquake occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday off the coast of York, Maine, about the same location as Monday’s 3.
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 centered off the coast of New England Monday morning was felt in the Boston area, Maine and Pennsylvania.
The ground violently shook in a video taken outside the iconic Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, amid a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that struck off the coast Monday morning and could be felt across New England.
The largest known New England earthquakes were a 6.5-magnitude in 1638 centered in Vermont or New Hampshire, and a 5.8-magnitude centered offshore from Cape Ann in 1755, which resulted in severe damage to the Boston waterfront.
Another earthquake was detected off the coast of New England early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 2.0-magnitude earthquake struck at about 3:15 a.m. and was centered less than 10 miles east of Portsmouth.
YORK HARBOR, Maine — 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.
A small earthquake detected off the coast of Maine Wednesday was an aftershock from a larger quake that was felt in Boston earlier this week. Scientist John Ebel with the Weston Observatory explains why more are possible.