Part of the New Madrid system?
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 ...
Absolute classic! "Obama home rocked by Bush's Fault"...ROTF!
Just realized I misspelled the word “Earthquake” in my post. LOL Typing too fast, I guess.
If anyone wants to follow the local coverage:
http://cbs2chicago.com/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/index
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/
I felt it (I am aboiut 30 miles west of Chicago). The bed shook. I thought my wife had awakened and was feeling frisky. No such luck. Just an earthquake.
I know where Oak Park is. I’ve been there a few times, actually...
The earthquake is probably the same one I remember feeling back in the mid-1980s. It was probably around 6:30 pm, but still kind of light outside IIRC. Anyway, I remember it because we were all sitting at the dinner table and the milk in my cup was vibrating, and you could hear a faint rumble, and the table kind of shook too. Really weird - like a HUGE truck had gone by the house or something... I had practice for our church choir that night and everyone said it was an earthquake - we hadn’t heard the news between dinner and getting me off to the church...
ROFL! That was VERY good! :)
Yeah, I’ve never heard of one in that area before even...
Part of the New Madrid system?
Arlington Hts? I graduated AHS in 79.
God is flat-out tellin’ us.
You must be a deep snoozer. We’re in West Chicago and all of us woke with a big jolt. It wasn’t very long, but very noisy and strong, like something having a big crash. Our kids in Cortland certainly felt it too.
Sycamore is the county seat in DeKalb County (it's common in Illinois; Woodstock is the county seat of McHenry County, etc.) and is close enough to DeKalb the town that the borders touch on Route 23/ (Route 23 is Sycampre Road in DeKalb and DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore.) My wife and I live in Mchenry County and are moving to DeKalb County soon. I wonder what this will do to real estate values in Sycamore, since it's been getting all the publicity as the earthquake capital in the last few hours.
Downers Grove.....there’s a name from my past.
Spent a bit of time there back in the mid 60’s while in the Navy and after I got out. Had my first Big Boy there.
The effect of Barry’s inflated ego hitting the ground.
LOL!
In the big picture, this tremor isn’t all that far from Yellowstone, which has been grumbling of late.
“Global warming”
!!!
“Bush’s Fault”
That is hilarious!! I bet President Bush would even laugh at that one! See? This is one of a million reasons why I love FR!!
I’m a 1988 grad of NIU in DeKalb. Rode my motorcycle through Sycamore and surrounding towns hundreds of times. I worked in Schaumburg part time during summers, long weekends and other vacations. I miss the open space, the hot wind blowing through late summer corn. Rich farmland out there. Black dirt topsoil 10 feet deep or more in some places. Now I drive to DC every morning. Yuck.
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