MA Earthquake Monday Among Harsh Intense Burst Of Weather

Thousands were without power Monday morning after an intense spat of weather, including a small earthquake and a house fire sparked by a lightning strike, hit Massachusetts hard overnight. Social media was awash with people who said booming thunder shook them from their beds around 2 a.m., which is when many of the overnight incidents took place.

In Norfolk, a magnitude-1.4 earthquake was recorded around 2:30 a.m., according to the US Geological Survey. That's the strongest earthquake to hit the state since a magnitude-1.6 rumble in Harvard last November. No injuries or property damage was reported.

A Nahant home's roof caught fire when a bolt from a raucous round of thunder and lightening struck around 2 a.m. Nahant Fire Chief Michael Feinberg said there were no reported injuries in the two-alarm blaze, and home's sole occupant escaped safely. Fire crews spent about two hours getting the fire under control. The home suffered extensive damage, Feinberg said.

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Flash flooding in Chelsea caused at least a half dozen cars to be stranded and towed on Revere Beach Parkway. The waters suddenly rose around 2 a.m., causing several to stall on the roadway. No one was injured.

No storm-related injuries were reported around the state, but more than 6,000 were without power around 8:30 a.m. That number has since dropped to just over 3,000 around 9 a.m., with the majority of those affected being in Milton, where a substation problem was reported late last night.

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