UPDATED 8:39 p.m.: The USGS has downgraded the earthquake to a 4.0. Also, some New Hampshire residents are reporting foundation damage from the rattle.
Facebook just lit up with friends commenting on their houses shaking from the earthquake. According to the USGS, the quake hit 20 miles west of Portland, ME, in Lake Arrowhead.
Within five minutes of us asking if readers felt it on Facebook, more than 100 responded with resounding yesses!
Small tremors were felt in the Greater Boston area after a 4.6 magnitude Earthquake near Lake Arrowhead, Maine.
The epicenter of the quake was about 92 miles from Boston.
For more information about tectonic activity in New England, check out the US Geological Survey's information page.
The last time we felt the effects of a quake was June 2011, from the rumble in Washington, D.C.
Did you feel it? Tell us in the comments!
Nandi Varris
7:38 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt it over here in south framingham...
darren
2:02 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
i live in milford mass my bed shook like the excorsist movie thought the roof was gonna fall down
Danielle Horn
7:46 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Nothing here in the little town of Mendon. Though, I was on the treadmill...and if I felt any shaking I would have assumed it was simply my lead feet.
Will E
7:48 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Sounded like a heavy wind hitting the house or a large truck driving by. Medfield PD received a few calls.
Denise Zadina
7:50 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Yes. The house shook and the windows were rattling.
Susan Manning
7:50 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Nandi: What did it feel like? A small tremor or a definite earthquake?
Sjbmacdonald
7:50 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Marlboro...shook the house! Wow!
Stephen Georgeson
7:52 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Nothing near Lincoln Street
Kevin Harris
7:52 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We sure did feel it. Shook my house, made my cabinets rattle and a plant shelf swayed back and forth.
Jordan
7:52 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
My dad and I felt it here in Marlborough. OMG!!!
Mary MacDonald
7:53 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Friends on the Milford Patch Facebook page are reporting everything from "shaking crockpot" to soda cans rolling in the fridge. But I'm with Danielle, out walking the dog after dark, and felt nothing in Upton.
Caitlyn
7:53 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt nothing in southern Milford.
Marlene
7:55 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I felt it here at my house on Concord St.
Michael
7:56 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I hope they call off the debate... way too shaken up to focus on politics.
Peg
8:19 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Now THAT was funny!
Framingham Parent
7:57 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Yes, felt it here in Saxonville. It was very cool but do hope people are ok in Maine.
Parker
7:58 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
That was a decent little earthquake. Was wearing headphones and listening to music, and the rumble was so loud I thought the headphones were malfunctioning. Quickly got up and went to the door, and all the dogs in the neighborhood were yapping so they felt it too.
suzanne skelly
7:58 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
My china cabinet was shaking really bad. There was also a deep rumbling noise...thought my furnace was going to blow up!
Charlie Pasewark
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We felt a slight tremor, almost as if my teenage son was running through the house; but didn't think anything of it... until we noticed that the phone wasn't working.
Jarrod marifiote
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
My landlines are down on myrtle st in Framingham
I was at bowdich field and didn't feel anything
jennifer
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We felt it here in Sherborn, very strange experience. I thought the boiler in the basement was about to explode or something!
Accomplished Mrs. Independent
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I felt it here in Milford! Thought a big rig truck was on my street but in fact there was nothing. Pretty amazing to feel the affects of it!
Kerry Sullivan
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I was talking to a friend in California when I felt it. I told him "we're having an earthquake!" and he said, "sure you are, it's probably a garbage truck".
annemarie kreybig
8:05 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The entire building shook, the floor, lamps table, but I thought it was a large work truck driving outside, except it was weird for the door and walls to have a sensation as well.
jane dion
8:09 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt it in pembroke ..it could of been better
christina glodgett
8:12 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Nothing here in franklin nh but friends in boscawen, northfield, belmont and laconia nh felt it
sarah l.
8:12 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
felt it here in shrewsbury shook the house for about 10 seconds ,house was swaying big time, earthquake insurance might not be such a bad idea after all.
Margaret Carr
8:15 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We felt it here on Hartford Street; especially on the second floor.
Margaret Carr
8:16 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Bringing back memories of living in California!
Darin Rolfe
8:16 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I thought maybe a truck hit my building but with no crash sound it had to be an earthquake.... Darin in So.Boston Ma.
Danielle
8:16 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I live 10 miles from the quake center. The house shook quite a bit, but the banging from the basement was very loud and scary. We ran outside and could hear the rumbling moving down the road. Really freaked me out!
John Bullerjahn
8:16 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt nothing in West Marlboro by the 99.
moncro
8:18 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt it on Manning St! Seemed like a large truck was backing down the street or something like that.
A Clark
8:19 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
In Medfield my desk shook while at the computer ; also a large bang heard in the kitchen ceiling.. The time was exactly 7:13 PM.
Cristy Dichmann
8:21 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
My son and I felt it. I thought it was my other kids because it usually is. Sounded like one of them was running up the stairs really quickly and noisily...only no one was!
Judy Banker
8:22 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Yup. i felt it shaking my home office as I was doing emails...pictures rattled, the floor vibrated...it was really strange.
Cariann Steenbruggen
8:27 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We heard the freight train noise (sounded like a hurricane against the house) and then felt the shaking. To us it felt like we were standing on an old train platform as the trains flew by you. Lots of vibration and sound. It was enough to immediately recognize what was going on and sent the kids into a panic. Lots of questions/concerns on their end afterwards.
Alex Silva
8:38 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Feel it here in Framingham at my 3rd floor apt. I asked my kids to stop jumping, but they was not jumping, funny.
JoJo
8:48 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I felt it in North Framingham. It sounded like a loud running noise so I thought,"oh great..I have an animal in my attic!" Guess not! Maybe it was God's way of punishing that Zumba Girl in Maine
Danielle Lizotte
8:50 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
My daughter and I were having supper when our chairs shook for several seconds. I was glad she was there to confirm it because when my husband came in shortly afterward and accused me of simply having another hotflash.
JoJo
8:56 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Damn Husbands! They always pick on us LOL
Bobby Carroll
9:04 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
House shook here in Framingham- interesting minutes before my two chatty zebra finches went quite- a rarity for them. Once it passed, they were back to having their endless conversation with each other. I hope all those in Maine are okay.
Shakira
9:29 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
felt it in Framingham. second Street second floor. the sofa was shaking and we thought it was our two cats! ;) I hope the people in Maine r ok.
Theresa Knapp
9:33 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I didn't feel it at the selectmen's meeting at Medfield Town Hall, but my family felt it at home where it knocked my daughter off the couch.
GM
9:03 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Obviously a demonstration of our selectmen's abilities to calm the waters in town!
Don Kelloway
9:39 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Though I didn't my wife felt it. We live off of Spring Street
Norah Xenos
9:49 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Three people here in three different rooms all witnessed it on Walker Street in Wboro by seeing different things shaking. Heard rumbling too.
Lisa Savini
9:54 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We felt it in Westwood. Rattling windows, glasses, dishes in cabinets, too!
Michael Gelbwasser
9:59 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We didn't feel it at Westborough High School during the special town meeting.
Ralph
10:25 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Felt and heard it. Walls and doors shook, pictures rattled on the walls, near the north end of Purchase.
Robert Rosen
11:06 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Was busy at the Thurston Middle School in Westwood and didn't even know about it until I got home and saw all these comments!
Richard DeSorgher
11:24 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Did not feel anything here on Lawrence Circle in Medfield
Louise Kennedy
8:38 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I live on Lake Arrowhead in Maine, and it was the most frightening moment in our lives. It was like two explosions one after another which made the whole house shake, kitchen cabinets popped open and crystal glasses were clanking. It also turned off our furnace which at first, made us think that the furnace had exploded. The furnace is fine and right now the lake and everything around it is very calm.
Susan Manning
8:40 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Louise: Thank you for sharing—that must have been so scary! Did your house have any damage?
Hannah
9:21 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
About 3 minutes before I felt the shaking in Northborough my dog was walking around the house crying much like she does before and during a thunderstorm but right after she calmed down and laid at my feet again I felt the house shake. I can't believe she was able to feel this happen before it hit my house. She was trying to warn me!