We had a 4.3 around 4 a.m.! In the suburbs of Chicago! Crazy! http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Breaking-News-Earthquake-Shakes-Chicagoland-84000302.html First we were buried in snow, now this.
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You guys are funny.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I'm serious. A 4.3 in IL? We're used to tornadoes, blizzards, floods etc but not quakes.
haha crazy huh? you know the largest earthquake on US soil was in saint louis missouri. a succession of 3-5 with over 2000 aftershocks cant remember exactly that would have been along the lines of 8-8.5 on rictor scale, they werent measured because no measuring devices were around yet, it made the mississippi flow backwords for a day.. there is a fault there and its only about 300ft long its the new madrid fault use to be a town on feb 7th 1812 was the quake that made the missisippi flow backwards also consumed the town into the river, a forest turned into a lake and bells were ringing 1300 miles away and the president was awoken by the whitehouse shaking linkies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVYS5Be-vg
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php Appears to be rather isolated.
yeah i know thats whats baffeling geoligists how can such powerfull earthquakes come from a 300ft long fault line in the middle of noware Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!:bugeye:
why not? while no where near as much cali the new madrid in south eastern missuri and the minor fault through the area have caused a fair amount of seismic activity.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! as you can see there are a couple of faults near the city
Well, the next eruption is something like 40.000 years overdue. And an eruption would be truly catastrophic. We're talking millions of dead and a major impact on global climate (a nuclear winter like). I'd be afraid if I were you, very afraid..
Earthquake are not that uncommon in Illinois, although the latest happened in year 1984: and a major one in 1968: link: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/illinois/history.php
Also the recent earthquake as in live data happened nearby town of Elgin: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/41.43.-89.-87.php
You should know by now it's always the democrats fault. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!