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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattles windows as it strikes parts of Midwest
CHICAGO (AP) -- A brief earthquake struck the Midwest early
Monday, rattling windows and awakening sleeping residents
from Wisconsin and south to Missouri and from southwest
Michigan and Indiana west to Iowa.
No injuries were reported from the quake, which occurred
about 2:11 a.m. EDT.
The earthquake also was felt lightly in southwest Michigan,
according to information posted on the U.S Geographical
Survey Web site. The USGS had reports of the earthquake
being felt in Buchanan, Berrien Springs, Benton Harbor, St.
Joseph and Niles.
Brian Lassige, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey
in Colorado, said the quake was magnitude 4.5, and its
epicenter was about eight miles northwest of Ottawa in
northern Illinois, close to the small village of Troy Grove. The
rural area is about 70 miles west of Chicago.
Initial reports indicated no major damage from the temblor,
although police agencies and radio stations within the quake
area were inundated with telephone calls.
"It was mayhem around here for a while," said Pattie Burke, a
dispatcher for the Ottawa Police. "We had more than 200 calls
from residents in a short period of time, all of them wanting
to know what had happened. A lot of them seemed to think a
truck had crashed into their house.
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PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake jolted Alaska panhandle
residents out of their sleep early Monday, but no significant damage was
reported, authorities said.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, happened at 1:50 a.m. Alaska
time (5:50 a.m. EDT) and was centered beneath the ocean off the southern
end of the panhandle, said Bill Knight, a scientist at the Alaska Tsunami
Warning Center at Palmer.
The jolt, capable of severe damage had it happened near populated areas on
land, did not generate a tsunami or seismic sea wave, Knight said. Callers to
the center reported only ``items falling off shelves,'' he said.
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw100218_20040628.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4253817,00.html
CHICAGO (AP) -- A brief earthquake struck the Midwest early
Monday, rattling windows and awakening sleeping residents
from Wisconsin and south to Missouri and from southwest
Michigan and Indiana west to Iowa.
No injuries were reported from the quake, which occurred
about 2:11 a.m. EDT.
The earthquake also was felt lightly in southwest Michigan,
according to information posted on the U.S Geographical
Survey Web site. The USGS had reports of the earthquake
being felt in Buchanan, Berrien Springs, Benton Harbor, St.
Joseph and Niles.
Brian Lassige, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey
in Colorado, said the quake was magnitude 4.5, and its
epicenter was about eight miles northwest of Ottawa in
northern Illinois, close to the small village of Troy Grove. The
rural area is about 70 miles west of Chicago.
Initial reports indicated no major damage from the temblor,
although police agencies and radio stations within the quake
area were inundated with telephone calls.
"It was mayhem around here for a while," said Pattie Burke, a
dispatcher for the Ottawa Police. "We had more than 200 calls
from residents in a short period of time, all of them wanting
to know what had happened. A lot of them seemed to think a
truck had crashed into their house.
========================
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake jolted Alaska panhandle
residents out of their sleep early Monday, but no significant damage was
reported, authorities said.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, happened at 1:50 a.m. Alaska
time (5:50 a.m. EDT) and was centered beneath the ocean off the southern
end of the panhandle, said Bill Knight, a scientist at the Alaska Tsunami
Warning Center at Palmer.
The jolt, capable of severe damage had it happened near populated areas on
land, did not generate a tsunami or seismic sea wave, Knight said. Callers to
the center reported only ``items falling off shelves,'' he said.
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw100218_20040628.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4253817,00.html
