Leslie Sonder

Leslie Sonder, an associate professor at Dartmouth and a geophysicist by trade, said the Sandwich earthquake is nothing to worry about. (COURTESY PHOTO)

SANDWICH — A 2.9-magnitude was recorded Tuesday morning about 2½ miles from Center Sandwich, and people in Sandwich and Tamworth reported feeling it.

The US. Geological Survey website showed the earthquake, which occurred at around 9:50 a.m., as being in the area of Eagle Cliff, which is near the northeast corner of Squam Lake. The depth of the earthquake was 4.2 miles.

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