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I awoke at 4 am today with my bed swaying back and forth for just
under 10 seconds. I thought, is this an earthquake...or am I dreaming?...did anyone else feel it?... I wonder if it will be on the news....HAHAHA! I got up few hours later and it was everywhere, news, email alerts, internet, radio.
Barrnone, Carole, Sunshiny1--- Did you feel it? They said it was felt as far as Wisconsin and as far as Tennessee.
Mild earthquake rattles Chicago area
February 10, 2010 9:29 AM | 397 Comments | UPDATED STORY
This farm field on Plank Road in Hampshire was the epicenter of an overnight earthquake in Illinois, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (Stacey Wescott/Tribune)
A mild earthquake shook northern Illinois this morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.8-magnitude quake at 3:59:33 a.m. centered in a farm field on Plank Road near Hampshire and 3.1 miles underground. Initially, it had reported the magnitude as 4.3 with an epicenter about 5.5 miles east of Sycamore.
The quake was felt over a wide area -- from Wisconsin to Tennessee -- but there were no reports of any damage so far, according to the Kane County and DeKalb County sheriff's departments, which are closest to the epicenter.
"We got hundreds of calls," said DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott. "But we have no reports of damage or injuries."
The magnitude and epicenter were revised after the U.S. Geological Survey studied the "wave forms" from the quake, said Amy Vaughan, a geophysicist with the geological survey in Golden, Colo.
"The information was better understood," she said.
under 10 seconds. I thought, is this an earthquake...or am I dreaming?...did anyone else feel it?... I wonder if it will be on the news....HAHAHA! I got up few hours later and it was everywhere, news, email alerts, internet, radio.Barrnone, Carole, Sunshiny1--- Did you feel it? They said it was felt as far as Wisconsin and as far as Tennessee.
Mild earthquake rattles Chicago area
February 10, 2010 9:29 AM | 397 Comments | UPDATED STORY
This farm field on Plank Road in Hampshire was the epicenter of an overnight earthquake in Illinois, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (Stacey Wescott/Tribune)
A mild earthquake shook northern Illinois this morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.8-magnitude quake at 3:59:33 a.m. centered in a farm field on Plank Road near Hampshire and 3.1 miles underground. Initially, it had reported the magnitude as 4.3 with an epicenter about 5.5 miles east of Sycamore.
The quake was felt over a wide area -- from Wisconsin to Tennessee -- but there were no reports of any damage so far, according to the Kane County and DeKalb County sheriff's departments, which are closest to the epicenter.
"We got hundreds of calls," said DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott. "But we have no reports of damage or injuries."
The magnitude and epicenter were revised after the U.S. Geological Survey studied the "wave forms" from the quake, said Amy Vaughan, a geophysicist with the geological survey in Golden, Colo.
"The information was better understood," she said.
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