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Earthquake at Skydive Chicago!

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http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/3467774/detail.html



TheMilwaukeeChannel.com
4.5 Magnitude Temblor Hits Midwest
POSTED: 7:50 AM EDT June 28, 2004
UPDATED: 8:10 AM EDT June 28, 2004


CHICAGO -- After dealing with a tornado last week, many Wisconsinites were awakened by an earthquake this morning.

The earthquake originated in Illinois and hit at 1:11 a.m. It could be felt from Missouri to Wisconsin and Iowa.

No injuries were reported.

Brian Lassige, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado, said the quake was magnitude 4.5, and its epicenter was about eight miles northwest of Ottawa in northern Illinois, close to the small village of Troy Grove. The rural area is about 70 miles west of Chicago.

Initial reports indicated no major damage from the temblor, although police agencies and radio stations within the quake area were inundated with telephone calls.

"It was mayhem around here for a while," said Pattie Burke, a dispatcher for the Ottawa Police. "We had more than 200 calls from residents in a short period of time, all of them wanting to know what had happened. A lot of them seemed to think a truck had crashed into their house.

The quake was felt at three nuclear power plants in Illinois: Quad Cities, LaSalle and Dresden.

Reports of the shaking came from at least as far east as Valparaiso, Ind., and as far west as the Quad Cities, and from Wisconsin in the north to the St. Louis area in the south.

Joe Knapp of Delafield, Wis., just west of Milwaukee, said he was asleep and awoke when the bed began shaking. "Everything was just rolling back and forth," Knapp said.
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Yes, this proves how tired I was. My mom started talking to me about the earthquake last night. I slept right through it! :D She felt the chair vibrating and saw stuff moving. Good thing it didn't happen a few hours earlier while I was trying to land! :D
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I know that I turned off the TV roughly around 12:50 am and went to bed. So, I slept thru it as well!

earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/uskgad.htm

It was pretty funny watching the Shell Oasis on the news this morning talking about it. "It felt like a semi hit the building! Which would make sense since we are a truck stop."
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"It was mayhem around here for a while," said Pattie Burke, a dispatcher for the Ottawa Police. "We had more than 200 calls from residents in a short period of time, all of them wanting to know what had happened. A lot of them seemed to think a truck had crashed into their house.



A 4.5? Pshaw....that's just a bit of a rock-n-roll. Not enough to wake any native Californian up. ;)

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Well, figuring the strongest one we have had in the area before that wasn't even a 2.0...this is a big deal.

I know we have the New Madrid fault in Southern IL, but I didn't think we had one in Central IL. Any earthquake geeks that can help figure out what fault line caused this?
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It's that pesky New Madrid fault line. Caused quite a lot of trouble about hundred years ago.



I didn't know you were THAT old:P:P:D can you tell us how it was back then??:ph34r:

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you didnt sleep through it!!!! remember when i said "dude, it sounds like something just exploded in my yard"? i guess you just didnt feel it on your side of town......

after that i felt the same thing again like 50 minutes later...did we have 2?



Really? Is that what time that was at? I heard something loud at that time, but I just figured it was the train yard (huge noises from there all the time) or Midway airport.

I thought the Madrid Fault ran closer to the Mississippi River down near Alton. Ottawa is still nearly a 5 hour drive from Alton.
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Its not all that uncommon... historically..

http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/SEISMICITY/cus1800-1983.html

Notice the clustering effect along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.



Damn! I must be starting to suffer from the feared Presbyopia! That print is so tiny I can't even read it!

:|

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don't worry Lori I can't read that tiny print either and i'm way younger than you!:P:P:D:D *runs away*
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Its not all that uncommon... historically..

http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/SEISMICITY/cus1800-1983.html

Notice the clustering effect along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.



They announced tonight that it wasn't the Madrid fault, but something called the Sandwich Faults.
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