
Earthquake in Washington County Sunday January 17
Did you feel it? There was a reported earthquake in Washington County on Sunday, January 17th.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a science bureau within the Department of Interior, a earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter Scale occurred 4 kilometers southeast of Centerville, Maine at 1:37 p.m.
Photo USGS
According to Wikepedia, Centrville had a population of 26 in the 2000 census. As of 2003, the town meeting voted to dissolve the town government and return it to unincorporated territory; the disincorporation was effective as of July 1, 2004. The former town is now included in the North Washington Unorganized Territory.

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