Did You Feel Some Shakes from the Quakes Last Sunday?

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Two small earthquakes rattled Maine late Sunday night, according to the Bangor Daily News.

The first, a magnitude 1.5 quake, struck near Jackson in Waldo County around 10:23 p.m. A magnitude 1.6 quake followed about 35 minutes later near Sebec in Piscataquis County.

Maine has recorded more than 170 earthquakes since 1997. The strongest in recent memory was a magnitude 4.5 quake near East Waterboro in 2012.

Earthquakes are most common around Passamaquoddy Bay, the Dover-Foxcroft-Milo area and southwestern Maine, although they have been felt throughout the state.

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