People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?

It felt as if the furnace was blowing up, a truck was hitting our building and our solar panels were falling off – all at the same time,” said a resident less than 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter.

The United States Geological Survey reports the earthquake took place at about 10:22 a.m. on Monday and was centered about six miles southeast of York Harbor in southern Maine.