Earthquake Felt In Connecticut: Did You Feel It?

CONNECTICUT — Residents in several Connecticut communities said they felt the effects of an earthquake Monday morning that was reported in Maine, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquake, which originated in York Harbor, Maine, was reported at 10:22 a.m. and registered a magnitude of 3.8 on the scale.

WTNH-TV reported that some Connecticut residents in Hartford County felt the earthquake, and folks in Danbury and New Haven also reported feeling it.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut residents in Hartford, Tolland, Windham and New London counties reported feeling the earthquake. (View the map here).

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An earthquake was also felt in Moodus earlier this month; the magnitude of that quake was 1.8. In Connecticut, Moodus area reports the most seismic activity.

According to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey, small earthquakes were felt annually in New England.

"Moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in the region every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year," officials wrote in a statement.