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Earthquake recorded in Maine
[Update 8:55 p.m. ET] The U.S. Geological Survey revised its report of Tuesday's earthquake to magnitude 4.0, down from a preliminary magnitude of 4.6. The epicenter was pinpointed 4 miles west-southwest of Hollis Center, Maine, at a shallow depth of 4.2 miles.
Despite the downgrade, the quake was felt as far away as Boston, Massachusetts; Albany, New York, and even Waterbury, Connecticut, according to the USGS.
You can report your earthquake experience to the USGS at the above link, as well as adding your comment to the many at the end of this post.
"My entire house shook for 3 to 4 seconds. It felt like it was about to collapse," a viewer from Everett, Massachusetts, wrote to CNN affiliate WCVB in Boston.
Many Massachusetts residents felt the effects of an earthquake tonight. So far, we have no reports of injury or damage.
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Deval Patrick (@MassGovernor) October 17, 2012so now that Maine's been in the news for a prostitution ring and an earthquake will people realize we aren't part of Canada now?
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Brett O'Kelly (@B0Kelly) October 17, 2012[Original post] An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 4.6Â hit Maine at 7:12 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to the USGS website. The earthquake happened 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Hollis Center, Maine.
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maine sucks just like canada.
When the quake started, I looked up at my wife and said "There goes FOX news; spinning up the Lie Machine ahead of the Presidential Debate Tonight!"
LOL for real. That was the best comment so far =).
I was about a dozen miles from epicenter. If you put a 767 jet on the roof of your house, throttle up the engines to full speed and let it go for 10 seconds, that is what I felt. Not only did the floor go back and forth at an incredible rate, along with walls, the sound alone was enormous. Unbelievable sounds and vibrations. I literally thought a jet was crashing for the first five seconds, as I live near an airport. My last tnought was earthquake. first thought was truck, then the jet. I was convinced a jet was crashing into my home. This was my fifth quake, but the strongest by far. It lasted forever, around 10 seconds or longer.
Maybe I miss something, but where on the map is this "New England" at? I don't see it and it is not a state, metro region, TV market or any type of place that exists. At least the south is – south!
It is called a region. My 7th grader knows that how do you not?
Gee, it's only been called that for about 400 years now.
I hope you are kidding!
Maine IS part of Canada now, we traded it away for a few square miles of tar sands that are actually worth something.
We tried to give them Mass. but they said they wouldn't be able to get the taint of Romney out of it.
it was my first earthquake it was scarie the whole house shook nic nacks feel off shelves the chair i was sitting in shook
I live in Lake Arrowhead community Waterboro Maine very close to the epicenter. The quake started with two very large booms and then the house shook. My first thought was a plane crash. I was in the Kitchen at the time the quake struck and I rushed to the window in attempt to see outside expecting to see something. At that point I figured out it was an earthquake. This is my second quake I felt in Maine and the most violent. I guess being close to the epicenter gives the quake a different spin.
I lived in Boulder Creek, CA during the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. Since then moved back to Maine.
Now THAT was an earthquake.
Obviously a significant build up of political gas in that region yesterday, made heavier when political spin removed lighter elements, leaving only a dense mass of bee S. This sank down to core level where the planet immediately barfed it back out!
Does any one know the type of fault on which the earthquake happened and the type of rock formation? New England doesn't have many well known faults being so far removed from an active plate boundary.
My vote is post-glacial rebound, or whatever they call it now-a-days.
its Pennywise the clown waking up
Yes, the fictional town of Derry, Maine best wake up and prepare. Oh, and where are all those dang kids when you need them? Stuttering Bill and all the gang, you know? Just hide in your closet and say He Thrusts His Fists Against The Posts And Still Insists He See's The Ghosts! Dedicated to Stephen King.
I heard and felt the rumble – I thought it was the sound of a large number of men in Kennebunk being thrown out of the house by their wives all at the same time.
I have lived in both CA and most of my life in ME, I didn't think it was an earthquake – who thinks earthquake in ME? I was looking out the window waiting to see a large truck drive by. I have to laugh at the 'everyone thought their furnace was blowing up', that's exactly what my husband said.
I knew I felt shaking around me... and I live in Albany, NY... I didn't give it a second thought until I read this article... Good Stuff!!
Could this be one of the fruits of fracking with the main event still to come?
No