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Earthquake-in-Il-Earthquake-ChicagoEarthquake Dekalb | USsPost.com:A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 60 miles from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. Amagnitude 5.5 eastern U.S.earthquake usually can be felt as far as 300 miles from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage as far away as 25 miles.”

Magnitude 4 is now trending at the number 3 spot and will rise to number 1 in a short while as news of the earthquake spreads.

Several Illinois residents who live near Chicago were woken up a little early on Wednesday morning as a small Earthquake shook the area.  No major damage has been reported.

An early morning earthquake rattled northern Illinois on Wednesday, shaking an area about 50 miles west-northwest of downtown Chicago, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The magnitude 4.3 quake hit just before 4 a.m. CT (5 a.m. ET), with an epicenter about 3 miles underground. The USGS pinpointed the quake between the towns of Virgil and Sycamore.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit near the town of Virgil, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, at  around 4 a.m. Wednesday. The vibrations could evidently be felt in Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan.
Many are unaware, but there’s a nasty fault line through Illinois called the New Madrid fault, and while it’s too early to tell where it originated, the early assumption is that is the case, so this isn’t the first time, and won’t be the lastearthquake in Illinois.
The epicenter was in the city where the University of Northern Illinois is located, in De Kalb County, Illinois.

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Sycamore il | USsPost.com:DEKLAB, CHICAGO – Today’s 2010 earthquake struck Virgil and Sycamore in DeKalb County.

The earthquake hitting Virgil and Sycamore in DeKalb County struck just before 10 AM local time as broke by LALATE NEWS first this morning.

Under Mayor Mundy, Sycamore describes itself as the following:
“A major factor in strengthening the Sycamore Community is having people living and working in Sycamore or in the immediate area. Those who can do both quickly become vested in the community and have time, energy and resources to volunteer and participate in bettering our “Home Town”.”

The quake was located just four miles both Sycamore and Virgil.

Sycamore sits on Route 64 and had a 2005 census popululation under 15,000. It’s also know by itsannual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, a pumpkin festival established in 1962 that attracts tens of thousands.

Data from the USGS includes the following:

4.3
Date-Time

* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 09:59:34 UTC
* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 03:59:34 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 41.978°N, 88.597°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances

* 6 km (4 miles) WNW (292°) from Virgil, IL
* 8 km (5 miles) E (94°) from Sycamore, IL
* 8 km (5 miles) N (1°) from Maple Park, IL
* 35 km (22 miles) NW (315°) from Aurora, IL
* 77 km (48 miles) WNW (282°) from Chicago, IL

Reports of injuries and damage have not yet been reported. The quake struck at 9:59 AM local time. The earthquake while not substantial – 4.3 magnitude – did have a nominal depth of only 3.1 miles below the earth’s surface causing it to be felt a greater distance.

For continuing coverage of this and other potential earthquakes,

Sour:  http://news.lalate.com/2010/02/10/dekalb-earthquake-sycamore-and-virgil-il/

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Earthquake il | USsPost.com :Television and newspapers offices received dozens of calls from bewildered residents who said that they feared the worse when they were woke n up by a minor earthquake.

Following the deadly Haitian earthquake any such incident forces people out of their houses and many said that they went out of their homes to keep them at least save from any eventuality.

A CNN report quoted a resident telling that the earthquake caused a huge crack in his room.

There are no reports of substantial damage or loss of life.

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