By Gracelyn Skilling ‘26
It was a routine Monday morning, January 27, 10:22 a.m, when a 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit roughly 6 miles off the southeast coast of York Harbor, Maine, shaking the ground for a handful of seconds (USGS). Some 37 miles away, Beverly High School students were surprised as modest rumbling interrupted their routine second period–if you felt it, that is. Students shared their experiences during the rare event.
“I felt it on the fourth floor,” described Eliana Brown (‘26), “and it got me out of algebra, because [the earthquake was] all we were talking about. And then everyone at work was talking about it … I was one of the only one to feel it.”
“It happened! I felt it!” exclaimed Odessa Moca (‘28).
“I thought it was just [a] person walking in the hall,” Valentina described (‘28).
“[I] thought my friend was taking out her anger on the desk,” remarked Piper (‘28).
“It felt like a big train, that’s all,” said Teigan Santos (‘27).
“It sounded like kids going down the stairs,” Gianna Cahill reported (‘28).
“I was in the middle of APUSH [AP US History], and the ground was just shaking … It felt like 20 minutes,” described Henry Seidzik (‘27).
Many didn’t feel anything at all, as professed five of the twelve students spoken to. Ellie Dietze (‘28) related feeling “salty about not feeling it.”
“I don’t believe that it happened,” scoffed Sydney Simoes (‘25).
At 3.8 magnitude, Monday’s earthquake is considered minor, with an energy level comparable to a large lightning bolt. The quake was 8 miles below the surface. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported no damage caused by the quake.
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