EASTPORT, Maine - Officials say a small earthquake has shaken an area of rural eastern Maine.
Maine State Geologist Robert Marvinney says a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded just before 7 o'clock this morning about 6 miles northeast of Eastport.
Marvinney says a quake of this size produces a lot of ground shaking for a few seconds if you're right over its center, but typically causes no damage.
"There would be a rumbling and shaking of things inside the house - rattling of dishes and that kind of thing," he says. "And structures shake because the ground is actually shaking and buildings tend to amplify that and make a rumbling noise."
Marvinney says a quake of this size can occur anywhere in the state. He says Maine normally gets one or so magnitude 3 earthquakes each year, and several smaller quakes.
The largest earthquake recorded in Maine, a magnitude 5.1, happened in 1904.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
