We just had an earthquake in MA

[boston bean]

shake shake shake.

Scare the ever lovin shit out of me!

[rox63]

1. Wow - Didn't feel a thing here

Up in Lowell.

[boston bean]

2. really, it was the so strong!

[rox63]

24. I live right near route 495

Maybe I figured it was a big truck and didn't take much notice.

[boston bean]

26. I can see why you would say that, but we know

that wasn't it around here. We live on a dead end street.

[barnabas63]

3. It's a sign...

...that Obama is going to kick butt tonight!

[graywarrior]

4. I wondered what the hell that was!

[fadedrose]

5. Honest?

How often does that happen?

[boston bean]

10. last time was last summer, that I felt it.

but it was weak. This one was pretty strong.

[shintao]

41. Hmmm, You might live over a sink hole?

I would find out about it, nice to know the source.

[nc4bo]

6. Mitt's taxes escaped?

Kidding.

Hope everyone's ok!!

[2on2u]

7. What the frack is going on there???

http://greenenergymaine.com/blog/carbon-offsets-recs-posts/fracking-great-reason-replace-natural-gas-renewables-soon

[catnhatnh]

8. Definitely...

shook the house in Rochester NH...

[boston bean]

19. my dining room hutch was going back and forth and the glasses were clanking.

[WilliamPitt]

9. Where do you live?

I didn't feel anything here in Boston.

[boston bean]

13. Will, I don't live from from the RI border, eastern part of RI border.

[WilliamPitt]

16. I hate when I miss things.

There are faults all over NE.

[DotGone]

11. Yep, felt it here on the North Shore

Hopefully no tornadoes follow like last year

[WhollyHeretic]

12. We felt it in Northern Connecticut

[Jennicut]

32. I felt that.

I live in Terryville (near Bristol) and that was....a new experience.

[former-republican]

35. Yup , I thought it was my dog scratching under my desk at first.

Northeast corner of CT

[KamaAina]

15. Felt at least as far away as Lewiston, Maine

says my FB contact up there.

edit: Another report is in from Brattleboro, Vt. Epicenter said to be 6 mi. SSW of Lake Arrowhead, Maine.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. 4.5 - Epicenter in Maine

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

[graywarrior]

18. New England news says it was a 4.5 mag

Lake Arrowhead Maine

[Ian David]

23. I wonder what gas company is fracking up there? n/t

[graywarrior]

44. Interesting question.

[PatSeg]

20. I'm in New Hampshire

and I just felt the building shake. Thought it was a big truck going by or someone moving heavy furniture.

[Ian David]

21. I know they felt it in Maine, too. I just felt it here in Brockton. My wife felt in in Brockton.

Also felt in Beverley, MA.

[edbermac]

22. My bed was shaking for about 10 seconds, live a few miles north of Boston.

I thought I was having a seizure! Wow, that was bizarre!

[boston bean]

25. That was our estimation too. About 10 seconds. nt

[Up2Late]

27. What kind?

They come in a few varieties, I've felt 3 different types:

1) first one was a Mag.4.2 "Roller" where it felt like the house had suddenly been transformed in to a small boat on a rolling sea, that was the most fun.

2) Was a Drop. Felt like someone just picked up the house and dropped it back down in one big "Clunk."

The top two were in California

3) The 3rd one I felt was in St. Louis and it was a vibrator/shaker type, felt like a big truck was driving down the street outside the front door.

Was it like any of those?

[boston bean]

29. sort of like a rolling shake.

The house was shaking, but my legs felt wobbly like the floor was rolling.

Make sense?

[Up2Late]

36. Yup, I think they feel a little different in the East from the ones in California

You should report that you felt it at the link at this page:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/b000d75b/us/index.html

[lady lib]

28. My daughter just now called me from Somerville. Her apt. shook.

I didn't see anything reported on an earthquake map, but then she said a bunch of her friends on FB mentioned it.

[horseshoecrab]

30. wow...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mc0dsp#summary

Lake Arrowhead, Maine.

My cat was in the stairwell hiding so I figured we were in for some thunder. He's a weather predictor that way.

Next thing, the computer hutch is shaking, doors a bangin' and ... sound like a whoosh. I think it lasted about 8 seconds.
In Mass. near Boston.

[tarheelsunc]

31. And here I was thinking this was a thread about the MA Senate race.

Hope everything is OK there for all in the area.

[slackmaster]

33. M4.6 - 5km W of Hollis Center, Maine

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000d75b#summary

[WilliamPitt]

34. Boston.com link

http://live.boston.com/Event/45_earthquake_hits_southwest_of_Lake_Arrowhead_Maine

[Up2Late]

37. USGS says it was a 4.6, if you felt it, report it at the link on this page

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/b000d75b/us/index.html

[smirkymonkey]

38. About what time did it occur?

I live right in Boston and I didn't feel anything. Maybe it's because I lived in San Francisco for a while and got used to small quakes.

[WillyT]

39. Greetings From California...

Everybody OK ???



& Rec !!!

[smirkymonkey]

40. Whoops, sorry. I must have posted that at the same time the last two posters added their posts

with the info. Never mind.

[matt819]

42. Same here - in southwestern NH

I felt it too. Not much. Just a little thump. I thought it was the cats jumping onto the floor, but my daughter felt the kitchen table shake. Hey, it's ain't southern California, but it was an earthquake.

[dballance]

43. Is there fracking going on near the epicenter? /eom

[Up2Late]

45. Weird, they down graded it to a 4.0 now?

I don't remember ever seeing that happen before.