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Did you feel the earth move?
 
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

What is a blog?  For us it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us.  It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published April 18, 2008 at 6:21 a.m.
Tags: earthquake, illinois, milwaukee

Tremors from a moderate earthquake centered in downstate Illinois rattled people in the Milwaukee area early this morning, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

The earthquake, which measured 5.4 on the Richter Scale, struck at 4:36 a.m. near the town of West Salem, Ill., about 60 miles northwest of Evansville, Ind., according to the Chicago Tribune.

The tremors could be felt in downtown Chicago and as far north in Milwaukee.

Did you feel it? Did you know immediately what it was? Use the Talkback feature to let us know.

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Rumblin' I slept through it and my parents, who live in SE Wisconsin said they didn't ...
OlderWiser I live near I-894 and awoke at 4:37 to the strangeness of my bed vibrating and ...
julesj0812 Being an insomniac, I was laying in bed, tossing when I realized that my bed ...
j_spectra I woke up around that time this morning because of a sound like the wood in ...
mkelover This earthquake must be a result of "Global Warming."


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