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YORK HARBOR, Maine - Another earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Maine, two days after a larger quake shook Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The magnitude 2.0 earthquake was detected at 3:15 a.

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred around 10:30 a.m. about 8 miles of the coast of York Harbor in Southern Maine, USGS reported.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the 2004 tsunami.

People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?

An earthquake​ just off Maine today was felt in Boston and into Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, according to a "shake map."

An earthquake was reported in Elgin, South Carolina, early Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a magnitude-2.0 earthquake happened at 3:47 a.m. As we know, earthquakes are common in this part of the state.

This was the second earthquake recorded in South Carolina in 2025 after 30 were confirmed last year, according to the USGS.