3.4 earthquake 4 miles from Bar Harbor, Maine

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recent...akes/ustib1.php

[mawilson 2,133]

Hope Christina's ok.

[homesick_american 1]

Hope Christina's ok.

A 3.4??? Probably felt like a cat jumping onto the bed. I'm sure she's fine.

[mawilson 2,133]

A 3.4??? Probably felt like a cat jumping onto the bed. I'm sure she's fine.

Oh ok, have no idea what a 3.4 is.

[homesick_american 1]

A 3.4??? Probably felt like a cat jumping onto the bed. I'm sure she's fine.

Oh ok, have no idea what a 3.4 is.

We had one of those when I was in LA and it felt like a cat jumping onto my bed. I didn't even realize it was an earthquake until I twigged that I was in a hotel and there were NO cats in my room. Obviously I wasn't paying much attention.

[mawilson 2,133]

A 3.4??? Probably felt like a cat jumping onto the bed. I'm sure she's fine.

Oh ok, have no idea what a 3.4 is.

We had one of those when I was in LA and it felt like a cat jumping onto my bed. I didn't even realize it was an earthquake until I twigged that I was in a hotel and there were NO cats in my room. Obviously I wasn't paying much attention.

I'm trying to picture big furry cats jumping up and down on my bed and it's just too funny!

[ChristinaM 0]

I'm fine thanks - Bar Harbor's a ways up there, and it didn't even make the MPBN morning news.

Bar Harbor may be a little soggy though - most of it's reasonably low-lying, and I would imagine an earthquake of any level causes some larger waves than normal.

[homesick_american 1]

I'm fine thanks - Bar Harbor's a ways up there, and it didn't even make the MPBN morning news.

Bar Harbor may be a little soggy though - most of it's reasonably low-lying, and I would imagine an earthquake of any level causes some larger waves than normal.

New England's more seismically active than people give it credit for. Parts of Connecticut positively vibrate!

We had an earthquake a few years ago here in the UK; people in Harrogate (25 miles away) said they felt it but I didn't feel it here in York. Do you remember that one?

[ChristinaM 0]

You know, I don't - but Harrogate's a long way away from Dorset and our local reporting's not the best ("Today, Daisy the cow won first place in the Coldharbour Cattle Show"... ).

I have to admit, I'm surprised I didn't hear about it on the news - but maybe it's more common than I realised and it's just not newsworthy.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

New England's more seismically active than people give it credit for. Parts of Connecticut positively vibrate!

yup

[Flames9_RN 358]

Nice little community. Arrived there from Nova Scotia with the ferry.

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A minor earthquake that shook parts of Maine at 8:07 p.m. local time Monday caused water to drop 2.5 feet at a U.S. Geological Survey monitoring well.

Nearly 17 hours later, the water level was still dropping, scientists announced today.

Hydrologists call the change in the well “dramatic,” and said well-water users might notice changes in their drinking water.

[...]

“It isn’t unusual for earthquakes to cause minor changes in water levels in wells, but this is the most memorable in Maine in the last decade,” said USGS hydrologist Gregory Stewart. “Users of well water could notice cloudy water and possibly a change in availability of water.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20061003/sc_...nwellwaterlevel

[homesick_american 1]

You know, I don't - but Harrogate's a long way away from Dorset and our local reporting's not the best ("Today, Daisy the cow won first place in the Coldharbour Cattle Show"... ).

I have to admit, I'm surprised I didn't hear about it on the news - but maybe it's more common than I realised and it's just not newsworthy.

The earthquake was somewhere near Manchester, I think.

Our local reporting in York isn't great either; one day the headline in the local paper was 'kitten struck by rare illness.' (Turned out to be diabetes). I guess in a way stories about kittens and scandals about bendy busses are better than what often graces the Dallas paper...murders, murders, murders, crazy psychos, kidnappings, murders, beatings, stabbings, murders...but I guess I'm just nuts.

http://archive.yorkpress.co.uk/2000/10/30/310688.html

That's a link to the kitten story. People never believe that one!

[almaty 19]

been to bar harbor..many times a fine little town..mainly for tourist

[pedroh 21]

a 3.4 only? a lot of people dont even feel that