000 SEUS61 KCAR 300023 CCA EQRCAR EARTHQUAKE REPORT...CORRECTED TIME RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 555 PM EST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN DOWNEAST MAINE... AN EARTHQUAKE OF PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 3.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WAS CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BAR HARBOR. U.S.G.S. REPORTS INDICATE THE LOCATION OF THE EPICENTER WAS AT 44.42N 68.23W. THE DATE AND TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 29TH, 2006 AT 421 PM EST. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS OF PEOPLE FEELING THIS QUAKE IN THE BAR HARBOR AREA AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. $$ VJN