Earthquake In Maine Shakes EG

An earthquake in Maine was felt by people in East Greenwich Tuesday evening. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 7:12 p.m. and had a magnitude of 4.5.

School Committee and members of the public at a meeting in the library on the second floor of Cole Middle School felt the temblor. 

"It's an earthquake," said Chairwoman Deidre Gifford. (Gifford grew up in California.)

On the first floor of the school, however, adults were playing volleyball and no one there said they felt any shaking.

Over on Sycamore Drive, Heather Larkin said she felt the quake, but not her children, who were in a newer part of the house. 

WPRO talk show host John DePetro, who lives in East Greenwich, said via twitter the earthquake caused a crack in his ceiling. He said he knew just what it was.

"I lived in LA.. I know an earthquake...," he said.

Ruth Thompson on Main Street didn't feel anything, but Gail DeLucchio on Second Street did. While on nearby Fifth Street, Donna Duckworth said, "My son felt it up in his bedroom but I didn't feel it downstairs! He came down and asked me if I felt the shaking and I didn't know what he was talking about!"

"Felt it here in Potowomut!" Kathy Meehan wrote on EG Patch's Facebook page.

Susan Lamendola, on Sarah's Trace, said she was upstairs in her house when she noticed a dresser "clicking." Suddenly, everything was moving. 

"It was so strong I went flying out of my house," she said. "I took the stairs four at a time." 

Did you feel the earthquake? Let us know in the comments section.