An earthquake hit Illinois in Chicago yesterday with a magnitude of 4.3.
According to news reports, the earthquake could be felt at areas of up to 60 miles from where it took place.
It was an early morning earthquake that the state of Chicago woke up to but there were no reports of any casualties.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake shook Chicago at approximately 3:59:33am.
Sources say that there was a major fault line through the area of Illinois called the New Madrid fault, and this was probably the reason that the earthquake shook the region. Experts say that the occurrence of earthquakes is rare in the Midwest region, with the last one taking place 200 years ago.
via CT
Couple of things….
1. it was a 3.8 magnitude
2. it was not a major fault line but rather a non active fault zone called the Sandwich Fault Zone. ( New Madrid fault is in WAY southern Illinois)
3. there have been several earthquakes in Northern IL in the past few years.. the most recent I as a layman could find for the area was in 2004,& 2006….
Just an FYI