USGS confirms 2.2 earthquake offshore of Cape Elizabeth | WCSH6 … – WCSH-TV

NEWS CENTER and Adrienne Stein, WCSH 6:25 PM. EDT August 24, 2017

(Photo: USGS)

*UPDATE 8/24 5:15 p.m. The earthquake's intensity has been increased from 2.0 to 2.2.

*UPDATE 8/24 3:10 p.m. The U.S. Geological Survey on Thursday afternoon confirmed a 2.0 earthquake less than 4 miles southeast of South Portland offshore of Cape Elizabeth.

2.0 Earthquake registered just offshore of Cape Elizabeth. pic.twitter.com/sLG1UO9nku

Seismogram in Maine picked up the rumble just after noon. pic.twitter.com/eTS7Dub3Tc

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CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) A loud, mysterious boom shook the Cape Elizabeth region around lunchtime Thursday.

A NEWS CENTER viewer said it shook his house, and friends have commented on social media wondering what caused the sound.

Cape Elizabeth police said they got at least a dozen calls about it. Officers heard and felt it, too.

NEWS CENTER asked police if it could be a sonic boom from the Blue Angels flying team, which is in Brunswick for the weekend. The officer said that idea was dismissed in their department.

There isnt any report of a propane explosion in the community, either.

NEWS CENTER Chief Meteorologist Todd Gutner tweeted Anyone feel that?

Anyone feel that?

He got more than a dozen responses, including a tweet from Peter Nichols who said he felt the ground shake and heard the loud boom in South Portland, too.

Yes in sopo.

We felt something here in the Courthouse!

Police as of Thursday afternoon said they didn't have a clue as to what may have caused it.

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