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Eathquake hits Illinois
WGN ^ | 2/10/10 | C. Hayes

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 ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; chicago; earthquake; earthquakes; eath; illinois; sycamore; usgs
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To: chilltherats
4.3? Child’s play.

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).

101 posted on 02/10/2010 7:24:02 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: Daisyjane69

A 4.3 in “Breaking”? What’s next, Dust Devils?


102 posted on 02/10/2010 7:28:20 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: sharkhawk

Rude awakening in St. Charles.


103 posted on 02/10/2010 7:34:20 AM PST by montyspython ("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
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To: Daisyjane69

I must have slept right through it. Maybe Madison, WI is too far away?


104 posted on 02/10/2010 7:44:57 AM PST by MNReaganite (All great change in America begins at the dinner table.)
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To: MNReaganite

Some people in Madison did report feeling it.


105 posted on 02/10/2010 7:46:09 AM PST by montyspython ("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

When its in Illinois, its a big deal.


106 posted on 02/10/2010 7:47:45 AM PST by montyspython ("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
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To: Daisyjane69

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.


107 posted on 02/10/2010 7:51:29 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Daisyjane69

I didn’t feel anything, and I’m about 20 mi from Dekalb.


108 posted on 02/10/2010 7:51:34 AM PST by Thane_Banquo (The GOP: The Big Tent with a Fifth Column.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

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.


109 posted on 02/10/2010 7:56:32 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: originalbuckeye
We lived in CA for 19 years. If it’s close, it’s a jolt. If it’s further away, it’s a sway. I graduated high school in Illinois. We had an earthquake in the spring of 1968. I was in Bloomington for a high school Choir competition and the chandeliers in the auditorium swayed for a full minute. California was MUCH worse!

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.

110 posted on 02/10/2010 7:57:48 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Daisyjane69

Hmmm.

Unprecidented BLIZZARDS in Washington,

And Now an EARTHQUAKE in Chicago.

Is SOMEONE trying to “Make Himself Clear?”


111 posted on 02/10/2010 8:00:48 AM PST by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: LibertyRocks

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.


112 posted on 02/10/2010 8:02:34 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: LibertyRocks

Would this even have been really noticed if it weren’t for Haiti?


113 posted on 02/10/2010 8:03:19 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: left that other site

“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.


114 posted on 02/10/2010 8:07:13 AM PST by wk4bush2004 (PALIN-BACHMANN, 2012!)
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To: wk4bush2004

115 posted on 02/10/2010 8:13:41 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: wolfcreek; Ernest_at_the_Beach; tubebender; SierraWasp
Geez, Wow an earthquake in Illinois.:)


116 posted on 02/10/2010 8:19:50 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: Grampa Dave

Well, look at it this way. An earthquake in Chicago is like a tornado in California.


117 posted on 02/10/2010 8:21:39 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: Daisyjane69
Eathquake hits Illinois

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

118 posted on 02/10/2010 8:22:27 AM PST by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
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To: Daisyjane69

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.


119 posted on 02/10/2010 8:25:55 AM PST by Dengar01
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To: MNReaganite

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.


120 posted on 02/10/2010 8:33:13 AM PST by knittnmom ("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
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