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  <dc:contributor>Alex J. Fergusen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>John Boatwright</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Amy L. Radakovich</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2016</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The magnitude 4.0 earthquake that occurred on October 16, 2012, near Hollis Center and Waterboro in southwestern Maine surprised and startled local residents but caused only minor damage. A two-person U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team was sent to Maine to conduct an intensity survey and document the damage. The only damage we observed was the failure of a chimney and plaster cracks in two buildings in East and North Waterboro, 6 kilometers (km) west of the epicenter. We photographed the damage and interviewed residents to determine the intensity distribution in the epicentral area. The damage and shaking reports are consistent with a maximum Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) of 5&amp;ndash;6 for an area 1&amp;ndash;8 km west of the epicenter, slightly higher than the maximum Community Decimal Intensity (CDI) of 5 determined by the USGS &amp;ldquo;Did You Feel It?&amp;rdquo; Web site. The area of strong shaking in East Waterboro corresponds to updip rupture on a fault plane that dips steeply east.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr20161071</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Field survey of earthquake effects from the magnitude 4.0 southern Maine earthquake of October 16, 2012</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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