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YORK HARBOR, Maine - Another earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Maine, an aftershock from a larger quake that shook Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island two days earlier. The magnitude 2.

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.

A 2.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded off York Harbor, Maine, early Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey, an aftershock to Monday’s earthquake.

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred around 10:30 a.m. about 8 miles of the coast of York Harbor in Southern Maine, USGS reported.

A minor earthquake has hit Yellowstone National Park, and some people in the region experienced a tremor. The magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near Norris Geyser Basin, which has a history of quakes.

Another earthquake of a relatively minor 2.0 magnitud e was recorded overnight in approximately the same spot as Monday’s 3.8-magnitude quake off the coast of Maine, according to the United State Geological Survey.

People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.