3.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes 45 Miles Outside of Chicago By Rev Barb Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

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3.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes 45 Miles Outside of Chicago

CNN (Feb. 10) -- A small pre-dawn earthquake has hit northern Illinois, startling residents as far away as Michigan and Iowa, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. AP
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit about 45 miles northwest of Chicago at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Scientists say the epicenter was southwest of the village of Gilberts in Kane County.
The USGS initially reported the magnitude as 4.3 but later downgraded it. USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan says such quakes are rare in northern Illinois.
She says residents in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan also reported feeling the quake.
In Kane County, sheriff's dispatchers were overwhelmed with calls, and several residential and business alarms were triggered. But spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler says no injuries or damage have been reported.
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      Seriously, anyone 'scared to death' by THIS one needs to get a grip and have a 'reality check'.  Anderson Cooper just finished updating us on the 'The TB tent in Haiti' and on how unrecovered bodies are being eaten by wild dogs there.  Now those poor people have real problems!      
     Nevertheless, here is the data on this Illinois quake from the US Geological Survey site below:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
Magnitude 3.8 - ILLINOIS
2010 February 10 09:59:33 UTC
DetailsSummaryMapsScientific & TechnicalEarthquake Details
Magnitude 3.8
Date-Time Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 09:59:33 UTC
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 03:59:33 AM at epicenter
Location 42.053°N, 88.412°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances 2 km (1 miles) SSE (168°) from Pingree Grove, IL
6 km (4 miles) SW (215°) from Gilberts, IL
9 km (6 miles) WSW (243°) from Sleepy Hollow, IL
34 km (21 miles) NNW (344°) from Aurora, IL
65 km (40 miles) WNW (292°) from Chicago, IL
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 16, Nph= 16, Dmin=179.1 km, Rmss=0.54 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010snay
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
mbLg 4.3 (GS).
Tectonic Summary
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
And here's your earthquake history for Illinois:
Illinois
1909 05 26 - Aurora, Illinois - M 5.1
1968 11 09 - Southern Illinois - M 5.4
1987 06 10 - Near Olney, Illinois - M 5.1
2004 06 28 - Illinois - M 4.2
2006 01 02 - Illinois - M 3.6
2008 04 18 - Illinois - M 5.4
Are YOU okay with God?
I sure hope so!
Reverend Barb Sexton  Feb 10, 2010