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BOSTON - An earthquake just off the Maine coastline on Monday could be felt in Boston and hundreds of miles away into Connecticut and Vermont, according to a "shake map" from the United States ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off York Harbor, Maine, shook Seacoast New Hampshire, southern Maine and much of New England Monday. It caught the entire region by surprise, public safety dispatch centers ...

Languages: English. Thousands of reports poured into the USGS of people feeling the earthquake as far south as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Most reports were clustered in southern Maine ...

local police and fire departments are reporting no property damage from the earthquake. Here's two maps of where the earthquake hit and where it was felt. The earthquake was felt all over New ...

The earthquake was felt all over New England and into New York, according to the USGS report map. Light to weak seismic activity was reported in coastal New England and weak seismic activity was ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Friday. The United States Geological Survey said the shallow quake hit at 12:30 near the island of Nias, about 250 ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake.

MANILA — Two earthquakes jolted the Philippines several hours apart on Thursday, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. A magnitude 5.8 quake occurred off ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Southern Leyte town on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The state ...