The ground violently shook in a video taken outside the iconic Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, amid a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that struck off the coast Monday morning and could be felt across New England.

Communities from Maine to Massachusetts felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake rattle across the ground Monday morning.

An earthquake off the Maine coast rattled New England on Monday, causing shaking in parts of the state, as well as in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

An earthquake centered off the coast of New England Monday morning was felt in the Boston area, Maine and Pennsylvania.

A map of user-reported earthquake encounters throughout New England on Jan. 27, 2025.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.

An earthquake near York Harbor, Maine, sent shocks throughout New England on Monday morning. A 3.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m., according to preliminary data from the United States Geological Survey. The shaking could be felt for a few seconds.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Maine rattled residents from Boston to Connecticut on Monday and was felt as far away as Albany.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New England on Monday morning with shaking felt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and an hour away in Boston. The quake was centered 10 kilometers southeast of York Harbor, Maine.

Another, smaller earthquake was reported off the coast of Maine overnight. The 2.0-magnitude earthquake occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday off the coast of York, Maine, about the same location as Monday’s 3.

The event proved to be quite dramatic for the colonial settlers, causing dishes to rattle, doors to shake, and buildings to tremble. The earthquake's impact was so startling that field workers abandoned their tools and fled in panic across the countryside.