A small earthquake across Maine’s Blue Hill peninsula prompted a handful of calls to law enforcement officials, but no damages were reported.
According to the Weston Observatory at Boston College, the magnitude 2.3 quake happened at 5:23 a.m. on July 7.
The quakes was centered in the small town of Brooksville.
At least 36 people had recorded on the U.S. Geological Survey website that they felt the quake, some as far away as Bar Harbor, Lincolnville and Warren.
Copyright 2026 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Verisk Pulls Plug on $2.4 Billion AccuLynx Deal After FTC Review Delay 
Top National Insurance Journal Stories of 2025 
US P/C Posts $35B YTD Underwriting Gain; By-Line Premium Growth Revealed 
Three Top P/C Insurers Account for Most of Insurance AI Patents From This Issue
