Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.

The Maine Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.1 quake on Dec. 9, 2024, 4 miles north of Upton, but noted that there were no reports from people who felt it. On July 28, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake recorded in West Gardiner had scattered reports of weak shaking up to 30 mile away.

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research technician in the Anderson Cabot Center who was aboard the aerial survey flights.

Over 75 extremely rare sea creatures — about “ 20% of the entire population ” — were spotted off the Maine coast, photos show.

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is on the smaller end of the Richter scale and even for people who may have felt it here in Massachusetts. It’s not likely that there was any damage.