The last time earthquake activity was felt widely in Massachusetts was in April, when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in New Jersey reverberated throughout New England. Ebel s

A small earthquake shook parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts around 1 p.m. Monday afternoon. A scientist from the Weston Observatory said the 1.5-magnitude quake was centered in Lunenburg, Massachusetts,

On social media, some residents said they felt the ground shake and heard a loud boom; others said they'd felt nothing.

LUNENBERG, Mass. — Some central Massachusetts residents felt the Earth move under their feet Monday. A 1.5 magnitude earthquake centered in Lunenberg hit Worcester County just after 1:00 p.m., a Weston Observatory scientist told Boston 25.