PORTLAND, Maine: A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit southern Maine Tuesday night and was felt in New England states and rattled residents throughout the region, however, no damage or injuries were immediately reported.
The earthquake occurred at 7:12 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was four miles from Hollis Center, which is about 20 miles west of the state’s largest city, Portland.  Initially, the USGS put the magnitude at 4.6, but later downgraded it to 4.0.
In Saco, Sue Hadiaris said, “The whole house shook. …It was very unnerving because you could feel the floor shaking. There was a queasy feeling.”
Afterward, Hadiaris called her 15-year-old niece in Falmouth to make sure she was safe. “She said, ‘We can cross that off our bucket list. We’ve lived through an earthquake,'” Hadiaris said.
Earthquakes are rare in New England but they’re not unheard of.
In 2006 there was a series of earthquakes around Maine’s Acadia National Park. The strongest earthquake recorded in Maine occurred in 1904 in the Eastport area, near the state’s eastern border with Canada according to the Weston Observatory at Boston College. It had an estimated magnitude of 5.7 to 5.9.
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