The quake struck at 6:23 p.m. local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

Prior to being stationed in Maine, though, Bartnick said he served on Kodiak Island, Alaska. "Up there, earthquakes and tsunamis are a big thing, so any time there was an earthquake, the tsunami ...

There was no tsunami threat to New England ... of Massachusetts as well as coastal New Hampshire and south coastal Maine," he said. Last year, a 4.8 earthquake centered in New Jersey was felt ...

All tsunami alerts and threats have been canceled. A tsunami advisory has been issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after an earthquake in the Caribbean Sea, according to the U.S ...