A 2.9-magnitude earthquake was felt in New Hampshire on Monday. 

The earthquake was recorded just northwest of Contoocook and Concord around 9:18 a.m. 

According to the United States Geological Survey, moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in New England every few decades and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year. 

East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. 

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