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You don’t see this very often in the midwest…

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WIZ065-066-069>072-101330-

EARTHQUAKE REPORT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
420 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT WEAKLY BY MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEB SITE
SHOWS THAT IT WAS A 4.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE CENTERED ABOUT 48
MILES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO. OR 8 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF DEKALB ILLINOIS.

INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE...WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.

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DAVIS

Yes.. Earthquake in IL. The last time I remember this happening was June 28, 2004.

The USGS information page has more information on the quake, which they say was officially a 3.8 quake.

I did not feel this quake, though, this was also one of the few days where I did not wake up at like 4am from back issues. I’ve seen tweets from people (didn’t have that in 2004!) saying that they’ve felt it in wide ranging places from Rockford, IL, to suburban Chicago, to Milwaukee, WI!