An Orland resident captured the sound of an earthquake that shook a Hancock County town last night.
Robert Roy’s trail camera was set up about 4 miles from the epicenter of the magnitude 1.4 temblor that shook the ground at a depth of 7.2 miles just over 3 miles east-northeast of North Penobscot about 10:12 p.m. Thursday evening.
Thursday night’s tremors come just over a month since another quake of similar magnitude shook North Penobscot at a depth of 7.6 miles and also about 3 miles to the northeast about 10:33 p.m. on July 2.
Earlier this year, a Mainer captured their bunny’s startled reaction to an earthquake that struck southern Maine in January.
Since 1997, there have been more than 150 recorded earthquakes in the state, according to the agency.
The strongest quake in recent memory occurred on Oct. 16, 2012, when a 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook the ground in East Waterboro, according to the Maine Geological Survey. But Maine has felt the impact of much larger earthquakes that hit as far away as Plattsburg, New York, and Quebec City.
BDN reporter Chris Burns contributed to this story.
