Earthquake rattles northern Illinois; southern Wisconsin, 2 other states
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled northern Illinois and parts of three other states, including Wisconsin, early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said.
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled northern Illinois and parts of three other states, including Wisconsin, early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said.
A magnitude of 3.6 earthquake struck Northern Illinois, and the police department has received a voluminous amount of 911 calls.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled northern Illinois and parts of three other states, awakening some residents and spurring reports to 911 about homes shaking. The federal agency says the small earthquake early Wednesday was centered near Standard, Illinois, a community about 100 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. USGS research geologist Jessica Jobe says people living as far away as southern Wisconsin, southeastern Iowa and northwest Indiana reported feeling the quake, but no damage has been reported. An official with the Peru Police Department, located sever...
The USGS said "weak to moderate" shaking was reported across that region but they had received no reports of damage.
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