Earthquake Hits NH

WARNER, NH - Yes, some Granite Staters did feel the ground boom beneath their feet less than 30 minutes ago.

Online earthquake trackers, including earthquaketrack.com, are confirming that a 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit at 9:18 a.m. on March 21, 2016, the epicenter of which was 43.26, -71.778, which places it along Ballard Brook off Red Chimney Road in Warner off Route 103 near the Bagley/Stillman Clark Parcel.

Patch readers reported feeling the earthquake in Boscawen, Bow, Concord, Hopkinton, and Webster, according to posts on social media and text messages.

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This is the second time in less than a year that an earthquake has struck Warner along Route 103.

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit just east of Tom Pond off Exit 7 on I-89 at just before 6 a.m. on April 30, 2015, according to earthquaketrack.com. A week before that quake, a 2.3 magnitude earthquake hit Sanbornton.

The region, surprisingly, has had a number of earthquake events in recent years. In October 2014, a 2.5 magnitude quake hit Contoocook just a few miles south of this morning’s rumbling. A year before that, a 1.7 quake hit East Side Drive in Concord.