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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 04:59 AM
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just wondering if im just goin nuts but i was sitting on my couch at about 4am today and my house shook not bad but definatly noticable. anyone know if there was a quake today i live south of chicago.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 05:14 AM
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Yes, they just reported it on the news. Bob
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 05:52 AM
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4.3 magnitude. Located by Dekalb Illinois.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 05:57 AM
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ok good im not goin nuts about that then other things who knows
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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I was awake also and felt some rumbling. I thought it was some strong winds but when I looked outside everything was calm. I was like, "WTF?"

Millersta, around where on the southside are you located because I felt something around the Midway airport area.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:21 AM
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i live in franklin park by ohare and didnt feel a thing but by my gfs in naperville it was pretty bad
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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And here I thought it was my ex gf falling down on the slippery sidewalks of chicago.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by aznspeed
And here I thought it was my ex gf falling down on the slippery sidewalks of chicago.
Badunkadunk, huh?
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yes..I'm in Elgin and at 4 a.m woke the wife and I up. We were not sure what happened and then said ...maybe an earthquake. I then heard about it on the way into the shop.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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I'm a heavy sleeper, didn't notice anything.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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I slept right through it, but my boss said he felt it 20 miles north of the IL/WI border!
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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yea crazy **** I thought a meteor touched down and was just waiting for the fallout. shook the hell out of the building
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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im all the way in chicago heights about 30miles south of the city
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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My parents live 5 miles from the epicenter, they woke up thinking the paperboy drove into their house.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GothMetalForever
I slept right through it, but my boss said he felt it 20 miles north of the IL/WI border!
hmm. i wonder if my sister felt it. she lives in milton (basically janesville) wi which is almost directly north of dekalb by about 65 miles
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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Yep slept through it...
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