AYERS JUNCTION (AP) – A minor earthquake shook a small region in Down East Maine, officials said.
The preliminary epicenter of the quake Saturday night was about three miles from Ayers Junction, said John Ebel, director of the Weston Observatory and a professor of geophysics at Boston College.
The quake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale. A quake of 4.0 magnitude can do moderate damage.
“That’s too small to be damaging, although it was probably a good rumble and probably woke some people up near the epicenter,” Ebel said.
The quake likely was felt about 20 to 30 miles from the epicenter, Ebel said.
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