Maine

Small Earthquake Felt Near Portland, Maine, Saturday

About 30 people in the area had told the USGS they'd felt the quake by Saturday morning

An earthquake map of a tremor that shook Maine Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
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Did you feel it?

A small earthquake took place in the Greater Portland, Maine, area early Saturday morning just after midnight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The magnitude 2.1 earthquake occurred near Smugglers Cove off Cape Elizabeth at 12:23 a.m.

About 30 people in the area had told the USGS they'd felt the quake by Saturday morning. If you felt it, you can submit your report here.

Small earthquakes like Saturday's do happen a few times a year in Maine, according to News Center Maine, including a magnitude 1.9 tremor near Tremont in May, and a magnitude 2.7 one in Washington County in January.

The New England Patriots’ team plane left for Haiti on Saturday, where a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck last weekend. The plane was carrying nearly 40 pallets of supplies and personnel to help with ongoing relief and recovery.
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