City people! LOL!!
OTHS Class of ‘72
I checked in with my mom and brother who still live in the area. Brother in Catlin felt both quakes but dear Mom says she didn’t feel a thing out in Fithian : ) But then again Mom sleeps on a waterbed and was out driving when the aftershock hit, so it’s no wonder she didn’t feel it.
I remember one back in the late 60’s or early 70’s that really rattled the windows.
OTHS...Oakwood Township?
That would be - in all likelihood - the earthquake of November 9, 1968 (Saturday - just after 11 AM CT, just after noon, ET). That one was magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, as compared to yesterday's 5.2. Since the Richter scale is logarithmic, that would make the '68 quake about 25% greater in magnitude than yesterday's. The epicenter yesterday was about 50 miles NNE from the '68 epicenter.
The '68 quake was felt in parts of 23 states, although it caused only minor property damage in some locations and no known human deaths or injuries. However, not having personally experienced a noticeable quake before, it scared the heck out of me in Michigan at the time, so I too remember it. The '68 quake remains the highest magnitude earthquake known with epicenter in Illinois.