Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

It felt as if the furnace was blowing up, a truck was hitting our building and our solar panels were falling off – all at the same time,” said a resident less than 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter.

People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?

The 2.0 earthquake Wednesday morning was in the same region of Maine as the magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Monday.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New England on Monday morning with shaking felt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and an hour away in Boston. The quake was centered 10 kilometers southeast of York Harbor, Maine.

The ground violently shook in a video taken outside the iconic Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine, amid a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that struck off the coast Monday morning and could be felt across New England.

The largest known New England earthquakes were a 6.5-magnitude in 1638 centered in Vermont or New Hampshire, and a 5.8-magnitude centered offshore from Cape Ann in 1755, which resulted in severe damage to the Boston waterfront.

The quake, centered about six miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine, at 10:22 a.m. was reportedly felt hundreds of miles away across New England and as far as Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 2.0 quake was about 5.5 miles southeast of York Harbor in almost the exact same spot as a magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Monday.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, early Monday, sending tremors as far south as Boston and as far west as Albany, New York. The quake, detected approximately 12 miles underground, caused no reported injuries or damage, but its occurrence has renewed attention on New England's seismic history​​.

The earthquake occurred at 10:22 AM Monday morning, off the coast of York Harbor, Maine