LACONIA, New Hampshire — A magnitude 2.3 earthquake shook the Lakes Region of New Hampshire early Sunday morning, one day after a similar quake was recorded off the coast of Nantucket on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The second earthquake to hit New England over the weekend occurred at 4:23 a.m. Sunday, 5 kilometers northwest of Laconia, New Hampshire, the USGS said on its website.
Saturday afternoon, at 2:53 p.m., a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was reported 3.2 miles off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts.
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Sunday’s earthquake in New Hampshire was the second one to shake the Granite State this year.
On May 24, a 2.2 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Wolfeboro, New Hampshire area, according to the USGS.
For more information on these earthquakes, visit the U.S. Geological Survey website.
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