A small earthquake shook the Bath area early Wednesday morning.
The magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded at about 3:10 am at a depth of 3.1 miles, according to the US Geological Survey. It struck about 4 miles north of Bath to the east of Merrymeeting Bay.
It was not immediately clear if the quake caused damage.
It is the fifth earthquake recorded in Maine so far this year, according to the Maine Geological Survey. Since 1997, there have been 113 recorded earthquakes in the state, reports the Maine Geological Survey.
The strongest earthquake in recent memory occurred on July 14, 2006, when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the northwest of Portage, according to the Maine Geological Survey. But Maine has felt the effects of much larger earthquakes as far away as Plattsburg, New York, and Quebec City.
About 900,000 earthquakes below the magnitude 2.5 are felt each year around the world, according to Michigan Technological University.
