The event proved to be quite dramatic for the colonial settlers, causing dishes to rattle, doors to shake, and buildings to tremble. The earthquake's impact was so startling that field workers abandoned their tools and fled in panic across the countryside.

A 2.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 7:57 a.m. on Sunday off the coast of Maine, the third earthquake in the same area in the past week.

YORK HARBOR, Maine — A second earthquake in just three days was detected off the coast of New England early Wednesday morning. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a 2.0 magnitude earthquake centered southeast of York Harbor, Maine, just north of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, around 3:15 a.m.

Just under a week after a brief earthquake gave the SouthCoast a jolt, another quake has hit — actually the third to hit in almost the same location.

Yet another earthquake off the coast of Maine shook New England Sunday morning — the third in the span of a week.