Monday morning earthquake in Maine rattles Boston residents

By Jordan Pagkalinawan

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Maine Monday morning, leading to an impact felt in parts of Boston and beyond. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake, initially a 4.1, at 10:22 a.m. in York, Maine, eight miles south of York Harbor.

Residents across Massachusetts reported the shakes across social media, with reactions coming in from Quincy and Marblehead. Other users reported feeling the impact in Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

“We don’t sit on any active fault lines,” WBZ-TV executive weather producer Terry Eliasen said on CBS Boston. “But again for our area [it] is really significant.”

WBZ-TV anchor and Emerson College journalism professor David Wade, who lives west of Boston, said, “My house shook pretty good.”

This is not the first time Massachusetts residents reported feeling an out-of-state earthquake, as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in New Jersey hit parts of the Northeast last April.