{"id":20872,"date":"2025-01-27T16:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:34:42","slug":"3-8-magnitude-earthquake-felt-in-boston-and-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20872","title":{"rendered":"3.8-Magnitude Earthquake Felt in Boston and Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the light but rare earthquake on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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A light but rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Maine on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey, sending trembles across New England.<\/p>\n

The earthquake\u2019s epicenter was about 10 miles east of Portsmouth, N.H., the survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.<\/p>\n

According to the survey\u2019s self-reporting tool<\/a>, people reported feeling shaking as far south as Providence, R.I., about 100 miles southwest of the epicenter, and as far north as Augusta, Maine, about 90 miles away.<\/p>\n

The Maine Emergency Management Agency said on social media<\/a> that the earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake\u2019s reported magnitude.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The morning shake caught many New Englanders off guard.<\/p>\n

Joe Watts, the chief executive of Star Island<\/a>, a summer community and conference center just off the coast of New Hampshire, said he thought the boiler in his Portsmouth, N.H., office had exploded at first. A friend on the phone with him at the time of the earthquake described it as a truck driving into a building.<\/p>\n

The tremors lasted for about 10 seconds, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re probably wimps compared to people in the Bay Area,\u201d he said. But for this quiet corner of New England, \u201cit was a big deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jane Sweeney, an activities assistant at a senior living community in Rye, N.H., seven miles south of Portsmouth, said she had just finished setting up for an art class around 10:30 a.m. when the floor and walls of the building began rocking so noticeably, she thought that the oil burner may have exploded in the basement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty scary \u2014 it really shook me up \u2014 and I ran to check on the residents,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone was coming out of their rooms. It\u2019s not something we\u2019re used to experiencing here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenna Russell contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the light but rare earthquake on Monday morning.A light but rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Maine on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey, sending trembles across New England.The earthquake\u2019s epicenter was about 10 miles east of Portsmouth, N.H., the survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.According to the survey\u2019s self-reporting tool, people reported feeling shaking as far south as Providence, R.I., about 100 miles southwest of the epicenter, and as far north as Augusta, Maine, about 90 miles away.The Maine Emergency Management Agency said on social media that the earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake\u2019s reported magnitude.The morning shake caught many New Englanders off guard.Joe Watts, the chief executive of Star Island, a summer community and conference center just off the coast of New Hampshire, said he thought the boiler in his Portsmouth, N.H., office had exploded at first. A friend on the phone with him at the time of the earthquake described it as a truck driving into a building.The tremors lasted for about 10 seconds, he said.\u201cWe\u2019re probably wimps compared to people in the Bay Area,\u201d he said. But for this quiet corner of New England, \u201cit was a big deal,\u201d he said.Jane Sweeney, an activities assistant at a senior living community in Rye, N.H., seven miles south of Portsmouth, said she had just finished setting up for an art class around 10:30 a.m. when the floor and walls of the building began rocking so noticeably, she thought that the oil burner may have exploded in the basement.\u201cIt was pretty scary \u2014 it really shook me up \u2014 and I ran to check on the residents,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone was coming out of their rooms. It\u2019s not something we\u2019re used to experiencing here.\u201dJenna Russell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20874,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20875,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872\/revisions\/20875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}