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This morning at about 4:00 am my daughter (Jessiac), my wife (Juli) and I were awaken by an earthquake. We lived in California for about 9 years and had gotten pretty used to them. I knew what it was instantly but started to doubt myself because of where we lived. We tried thinking of other things it could have been, i.e. someone running into house, an explosion, etc..... I tried googling from my phone but didn't find anything, we turned on the radio and no one was talking about it.

I went to my computer and googled (earthquake illinois) and was sent to the following link

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010snay.php

Here's the details I found at this link:

Earthquake Details

MagnitudeDate-TimeLocationDepthRegionDistances
4.3
  • Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 09:59:34 UTC
  • Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 03:59:34 AM at epicenter
41.978°N, 88.597°W
5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
ILLINOIS
  • 6 km (4 miles) WNW (292°) from Virgil, IL
  • 8 km (5 miles) E (94°) from Sycamore, IL
  • 8 km (5 miles) N (1°) from Maple Park, IL
  • 35 km (22 miles) NW (315°) from Aurora, IL
  • 77 km (48 miles) WNW (282°) from Chicago, IL
Posted Wednesday Feb 10