4th Earthquake in Washington County in a Week

When did Washington County become California? For the 4th time in a week, a earthquake rattled Washington County, and all the earthquakes have been centered around Centerville, Maine.

The latest earthquake measured 3.0 on the Richter Scale and occurred at 2:55 a.m. this morning, August 17th. It was centered 2 miles East-Southeast of Centerville, which is exactly where Saturday, August 13th's earthquake occurred.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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The previous earthquake occurred on Saturday, August 13th at 7:35 a.m.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov

Saturday's earthquake registered 2.1 on the Richter Scale. It was located 2 miles east-southeast of Centerville.

This was almost exactly where the 2nd earthquake on Thursday August 11th was located.

The first earthquake on Thursday, August 11th was centered 2 miles west-northwest of Jonesboro at 7:29 in the morning.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov

The 2nd earthquake on August 11th was felt at 7:09 p.m. and was located 2 miles East of Centerville, Maine.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov

Centerville is 7.4 miles from Jonesboro.

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