Countryside, IL: 3.2 magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Wisconsin now believed to be an earthquake after a quarry blast

[Emily]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000ksfx#summary

Event Time

1. 2013-11-04 18:35:34 UTC
2. 2013-11-04 12:35:34 UTC-06:00 <abbr title="Time where earthquake occured">at epicenter</abbr>
3. 2013-11-04 10:35:34 UTC-08:00 <abbr title="Timezone your computer is configured to use">system time</abbr>

Location

41.790?N 87.885?W depth=0.0km (0.0mi)

Nearby Cities

1. 0km (0mi) NW of Countryside, Illinois
2. 2km (1mi) SW of La Grange, Illinois
3. 2km (1mi) SSE of Western Springs, Illinois
4. 4km (2mi) SW of Brookfield, Illinois
5. 189km (117mi) SE of Madison, Wisconsin

Related Links

• Additional earthquake information for Illinois
• Additional earthquake information for United States
• View location in Google Maps

USGS felt reports:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...urce=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#dyfi_resp

More reports here:

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/ear...Mon-4-Nov-0km-NW-of-Countryside-Illinois.html

...
Countryside, IL / MMI VI (Strong shaking): Sounded like a large HVAC Unit on our roof fell through. Whole building shook, stuff fell off shelves, everyone came out of offices, buildings, etc.
...

 

[Emily]

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.7 magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Chicago believed to be quarry blast

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.7 magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Chicago believed to be quarry blast

Paul Caruso of the US Geological Survey discusses the seismic event earlier in the western suburbs:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-tremors-in-western-suburbs-from-quarry-blast-20131104,0,7206866.story

By Rosemary Regina Sobol and Carlos Sadovi Tribune reporters

4:47 p.m. CST, November 4, 2013
...
?This is a very large event for a quarry blast or a mining blast,? Caruso said.

Anything above a 2.5 magnitude can be felt, he said, and a 5.5 magnitude can cause damage. He said the blast was felt as far north as Kenosha Wis.

Comments at the link report some damages. People find it hard to believe a mine blast could have caused this.

 

[Emily]

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.2 (prev. 3.7) magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Wisconsin (prev. Chicago) believed to be quarry blast

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.2 (prev. 3.7) magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Wisconsin (prev. Chicago) believed to be quarry blast

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9323405#

McCook quarry blast, earthquake investigation continues
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Paul Meincke
(MCCOOK, Ill.) (WLS)
...
"The most important thing is we do everything we can so this doesn't happen again," said Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Chicago).

The congressman whose house shook the day of the tremor headlined a meeting Tuesday of parties searching for a geologic answer. The meeting itself was closed to public and press, but everyone in it says they don't want this to be left as a mystery tremor...

 

[Emily]

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.2 (prev. 3.7) magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Wisconsin (prev. Chicago) believed to be quarry blast

Re: Countryside, IL: 3.2 (prev. 3.7) magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Wisconsin (prev. Chicago) believed to be quarry blast

http://desplainesvalleynews.com/lipinski-seeks-federal-probe-into-mccook-blast-p237-90.htm

Lipinski seeks federal probe into McCook blast


? Tue, Nov 12, 2013
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) formally requested that the U.S. Department of Labor and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms begin an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the reported Nov. 4 blast at a Hanson Materials quarry in McCook that damaged nearby properties and alarmed residents throughout the region...

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/mobile/article.xml/articles/2013/11/14/5978201689a046c29d0254ec4dd6fdd3/index.xml

November 18, 2013 Clear, 40?F
Exclusive: It was an earthquake
By ALEX RUPPENTHAL
McCOOK ? It was an earthquake.

The tremor that shook the western suburbs Nov. 4 seven seconds after a routine explosion at McCook?s Federal Quarry was an earthquake, not a quarry blast, the U.S. Geological Survey determined Wednesday after examining data from Hanson Material Service Corporation, the company that conducted the blast...