Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.

The 2.0 earthquake Wednesday morning was in the same region of Maine as the magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Monday.

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research technician in the Anderson Cabot Center who was aboard the aerial survey flights.

Over 75 extremely rare sea creatures — about “ 20% of the entire population ” — were spotted off the Maine coast, photos show.

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is on the smaller end of the Richter scale and even for people who may have felt it here in Massachusetts. It’s not likely that there was any damage.