Tag: Earthquake

3.9 Earthquake! Did you feel it?

Posted on by Catherine

3.9 earthquake on Jan 27, 2025. 10:22 AM. Off York Harbor, ME., felt in Gloucester.

I was driving and did not feel it, but multiple neighbors said their house shook. For updates see: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes

Author’s note:

Years recorded with earthquake in Gloucester, Mass. (as of 1989): 1717, 1722, 1727-1730, 1737, 1755, 1757, 1761, 1763, 1805, 1874, 1925, 1889 (expected), and 1998. See index. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Historical Timeline, 1000-1999. Mary Ray. Editors, Sarah R. Dunlap, Gloucester Archives Committee (Gloucester, Mass.), 2002.

On April 30, 1722: “There was an earthquake in the town continued about a minute.”

Cape Ann Earthquake 260 years ago today

Posted on by paultmorrison

260 years ago today at 4:30 AM November 18, 1755, The Cape Ann earthquake struck. Epicenter was only 24 miles east of Gloucester, some ships thought they were going aground. A few steeples all the way down to Boston tipped and some chimneys fell. If it happened today, 2 billion in damages. There was an earthquake in Medfield this morning.
260 years ago today at 4:30 AM November 18, 1755, The Cape Ann earthquake struck. Epicenter was only 24 miles east of Gloucester, some ships thought they were going aground. A few steeples all the way down to Boston tipped and some chimneys fell. If it happened today, 2 billion in damages. There was an earthquake in Medfield this morning.

Who Felt The Earthquake Last Night at 10:31PM?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Carol Ann writes-

Hi Joey, I thought you might be interested in this.

> == WESTON OBSERVATORY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
> 
> Region:                                  New England
> Geographical Coordinates:                42.693N, 69.804W
> Magnitude:                               2.5 Mn
> Depth:                                   11  km
> Universal Time (UTC):                    09/16/2012 02:31:37
> ==  Local Time (EDT):                    09/15/2012 22:31:37 
> 
> Location with respect to nearby cities:
>  67 km ( 41 miles)   E of Rockport,MA
>  71 km ( 44 miles)   E of Gloucester,MA
>  77 km ( 47 miles) NNE of Provincetown,MA
>  80 km ( 49 miles)   E of Essex,MA
>  85 km ( 52 miles)   E of Ipswich,MA
>   
> 
> This event has been reviewed by a seismologist

Love your blog!

Carol Ann