Small earthquake shakes western Maine
11/19/09 | 15 comments

Small earthquake shakes western Maine


By The Associated Press

RUMFORD, Maine — The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning.

According to Weston Observatory at Boston College, the earthquake happened at 2 a.m. and had a magnitude of 2.5.

It was centered about 7 miles northwest of downtown Rumford.

Police in Rumford said they didn't get any calls about the quake from residents.

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On 11/19/09 at 10:58 AM, pcme2000 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Aright now it is time for Maine to have a good size earthquake.

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On 11/19/09 at 10:59 AM, pcme2000 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Alright

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On 11/19/09 at 11:09 AM, whatmeow wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Im originally from the West Coast and a 2 pointer is nothing. Now when its a 6 or better we have something to talk about :-)

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On 11/19/09 at 11:50 AM, anne_of_mdi wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

11:25 am, How clever of you to disrespect the dead in your feeble attempt to score a point for partisan politics. Way to go. Stay classy.

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On 11/19/09 at 12:10 PM, NancyJ wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

anne, it wasn't disrespectful, sorry your mind twisted it that way. Partisan politics, no, adequate health care for women without rationing is what I am interested in. There is something wrong with you that you would take my comment to be anything other than that.

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On 11/19/09 at 12:31 PM, REALITY wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

my mothers family is right down the road in bethel, i remember when i was a kid 15-20 years ago we were staying at my aun'ts who had a trailer and it felt like the trailer was rolling side to side, western maine has a thing with small tremors very weird as does parts of the county with tornadoes

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On 11/19/09 at 3:12 PM, REALITY wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

i dont know how women rolling over in graves has anything to do with an earthquake sorry that was weird

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On 11/19/09 at 3:33 PM, Stevey_Dee wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Maybe it was that 30 ft snake making a hole to stay in for the winter, remember they never found that big snake swimming in the canal behind the store...

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On 11/19/09 at 3:37 PM, Stevey_Dee wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I remember a earthquake about 1980 in Downeast......It was a biggie..

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On 11/19/09 at 4:03 PM, chersully2000 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

As as aside....the BDN really needs to do something to upgrade and/or improve their computer operations for the BDN site!!

Also, yes recall that huge snake found in Rumford about a yr. ago....yuck. And in Florida (near Gulf coast) there have been a lot of recent sightings of a huge snake like creature in the water there. Speculation is it is maybe a mutation from all those boa constrictors that are now in Fla (people bringing them into that state and then dumping them in the Everglades, etc. where they have multiplied.

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On 11/19/09 at 4:22 PM, anotherneighbor wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Well as a frequent visitor to the area. And well versed in earthquakes of larger magnitude. I'd bet their so called earthquake was more than likely more dynamite to finish building the road. BUT, HEY who cares how the earth shook if it shook some more gold loose!!! Miss ya Rosey see ya in the Spring!!!

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On 11/19/09 at 9:22 PM, Amazed wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

NancyJ 11:25 AM~ I totally got your comment and chuckled. It was insane politics with a twist of humor. ^5

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On 11/19/09 at 9:24 PM, Amazed wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Tele 3:37 PM~ That 1980 quake wasn't just downeast... it shook the entire state if my memory serves me well.

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On 11/20/09 at 9:03 AM, BettyB wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Nancy J I also got your comment. thanks for the chuckle.

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On 11/20/09 at 9:15 AM, Gopher wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Ironically, I just saw an artcile on earthquake probablities. The Cascades and Sierras along with the central Rockies have very high probablilites but so do the Charleston SC and Memphis-New Madrid MO areas. The latter was the site of the three most intense earthquakes on the continent in historical times (8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 in 1811-12). Maine is sandwiched between two belts, one off shore and the other in the mountain zone (with higher probabilities extending into Quebec). Probabilities are relatively low but finite.

Other than CA, the zone to worry about is the Memphis area. Sometime in the next 100 years (or less), an 8 or greater will hit the area, even closer to Memphis. Because of the soil, a good share of Memphis will end up in the Mississippi. Extensive damage will occur as far away as St. Louis and Chicago.

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