Earthquakes in New England?! What the...

So, I'm laying in bed in my apartment surfing iTunes for new songs.

All of a sudden, my room starts vibrating.

Not only is it vibrating, it's shaking. For a moment, I think my next door neighbor is throwing somebody into the wall. And then I think a bulldozer is going to crash through the floor below me.

What the hell is that?!

Is that... An EARTHQUAKE?


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My roommate and I were stunned.

He thought it was cool.

I thought it was scary.

All I had to do was check Facebook to confirm, and about 100 or more posts flooded my feed about the event, from southern Massachusetts, to northern New Hampshire. It was definitely an earthquake.


Apparently, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 4.0 - 4.6 magnitude earthquake near Hollis Center in southern Maine. The quake shook towns throughout all of Northern New England, including Massachusetts and Connecticut.

No damage or fatalities have been reported. However, according to WMUR, the state's 911 center blew up with cell phone calls regarding the peculiar event.

WMUR Meteorologist Mike Haddad confirmed that intraplate earthquakes sometimes occur around the New England area; albeit we do not have a fault.

Due to the bedrock in the Northeast, earthquakes can travel a lot farther resulting in a broad range of people feeling them.

What an experience. I can now cross off "Experience an Earthquake" off of my Bucket List.

Don't be quick to judge, please.



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