Posted on 02/10/2010 2:47:06 AM PST by Daisyjane69
C. Hayes WGNTV NEWS February 10, 2010
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit northern Illinois early Wednesday morning.
The quake struck at 3:59 a.m. in Sycamore in DeKalb County. The quake could be felt as far away as Chicago... 50 miles from the epicenter.
We'll have more information as it becomes available.
For the latest information, go to the U.S. Geological Survey website.
(Excerpt) Read more at wgntv.com ...
True, not a big quake, but the geology on this end of the country gives a much larger coverage than in CA. The New Madrid quake made church bells ring in Boston, 1000 miles away. So any quakes in the mid-west are a reminder that a big one will cause major destruction over a huge area.
The 1994 CA quake (6.7) compared to the 1895 MO quake (6.8). 
A 4.3 in “Breaking”? What’s next, Dust Devils?
Rude awakening in St. Charles.
I must have slept right through it. Maybe Madison, WI is too far away?
Some people in Madison did report feeling it.
When its in Illinois, its a big deal.
I read a CNN report in which they downgraded the quake to a 3.8 that was located at a depth of 3 miles and felt as far away as Georgia.
I didn’t feel anything, and I’m about 20 mi from Dekalb.
One big difference between locations is the depth at which the quake occurs. Shallower quakes tend to be felt over a much larger area. Quakes in the Midwest (within the center of plates) tend to be much more shallow than quakes at the edges of plates.
I did time in Southern Cal as well and learned there were two kinds of quakes, shakers and rollers, irrespective of their distance.
Today's Illinois quake was a shaker. I was in downstate Illinois (near Charleston) for the 1968 quake ... it was a roller.
Hmmm.
Unprecidented BLIZZARDS in Washington,
And Now an EARTHQUAKE in Chicago.
Is SOMEONE trying to “Make Himself Clear?”
Yeah, we used to feel a little earthquake from time to time in St. Louis when I was a kid. It was weird, you’re vision would go kind of wonky and suddenly you’d realize everythign was shaking. I recall it once in my bed, and another time when I was shoveling snow. Never hard enough to knock anything off of a shelf or anything.
Course, Chicago could be about to get Haitied. The New Madrid Fault cause the big one of 1804 that changed the course of the Mississippi. A good reminder that it could happen lots of places, not just California.
Not where I am though, we’re on mud for a looooong way down.
Would this even have been really noticed if it weren’t for Haiti?
“Is SOMEONE trying to “Make Himself Clear?”
When I heard about this quake, I immediately thought of:
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains” -—Matthew 24:6-8.
Well, look at it this way. An earthquake in Chicago is like a tornado in California.
Two possiblities:
1) it could have been the same one that hit NJ, VA & recently: MA- pretty soon: HI.
2) Either that or Zero has one heck of a migraine
I slept right through it. Weird there is a fault so close to Chicago though. I knew about the New Madrid fault line but had no clue there was anything near us.
I didn’t feel it in Fitchburg, WI either. But I never do - my husband and daughter sometimes do. I haven’t asked them about it today, though.
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