An earthquake rattled a small Hancock County town on Thursday night.

The magnitude 1.4 temblor shook the ground at a depth of 7.2 miles just over 3 miles east-northeast of North Penobscot about 10:12 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey .

That comes just over a month since another quake of similar magnitude shook North Penobscot at a depth of 7.6 miles and also about 3 miles to the northeast about 10:33 p.m. on July 2.

Since 1997, there have been more than 150 recorded earthquakes in the state, according to the agency.

The strongest quake in recent memory occurred on Oct. 16, 2012, when a 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook the ground in East Waterboro, according to the Maine Geological Survey. But Maine has felt the impact of much larger earthquakes that hit as far away as

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