It felt as if the furnace was blowing up, a truck was hitting our building and our solar panels were falling off – all at the same time,” said a resident less than 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter.

The Maine Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.1 quake on Dec. 9, 2024, 4 miles north of Upton, but noted that there were no reports from people who felt it. On July 28, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake recorded in West Gardiner had scattered reports of weak shaking up to 30 mile away.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck Monday morning near York Harbor, Maine, at a depth of 8 miles, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt as far as Boston and Portland, highlighting that while rare,