Earthquake shook the ocean floor off midcoast Maine town

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 14, 2026

An earthquake shook the ocean floor off South Bristol on Tuesday afternoon. The magnitude 1.8 temblor shook the ground at a depth of nearly 6 miles about 5.6 miles east-southeast of the Lincoln County town about 2:42 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed this week. Since 1997, there have been more than 170 recorded earthquakes in the state.