M3.7 earthquake 5 km ESE of Bar Harbor, Maine
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Bar Harbor, Maine on Mon, Oct 2, 2006, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-03 00:07:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.367° N, 68.147° W
- Region
- Maine
- Felt reports
- 1,377
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1,377 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 166°, dip 55°, rake 93°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 340°, dip 35°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.82 km ESE of Bar Harbor, Maine · 7275 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9Maine · 7262 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ld2006100300 (also filed as us2006tib1, usp000eucs). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:23 AM UTC.