Preliminary 3.8 magnitude earthquake rattles northern Illinois at 3:59am this morning. The epicenter was near Pingree Grove, Il (in Kane County) which is about 40 miles WNW of Chicago. Calls starting coming in shortly after in the newsroom of people waking up to their beds shaking and pictures rattling on the walls. No reports of damage yet but the rumbles were felt all the way through Illinois and into Wisconsin. There is a fault line that runs through southern DeKalb county but after speaking with NIU Geology Professor Philip Carpenter during the morning show this one was likely not triggered by that . Let us know what it felt like for you! We want to hear your reports!
My husband heard it and asked me if I did but I was still sleeping. He wondered if a snow plow had hit something? The house shook he said.
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