Yes, I am talking about LaGrange, Illinois! The actual epicenter was listed as the next town to the east of there, McCook, Illinois. . . also a small town where old Route 66 once ran through and you could probably say still runs through today!
Here is the Welcome Sign from that wonderful little Shaky Place!!!
There I talked to one person right at the epicenter inside a Bank of America and she described it as a "Tremor" and said that they thought a semi had struck the building and when they all went running out of the building they immediately noticed that everybody else had gone running out of all the other buildings in the neighborhood, too! Including restaurants, pharmacies, book stores, gas stations, and etc. in this otherwise sleepy little suburb of Chicago.
Downgraded to a 3.4 by the end of the day yesterday, this was large enough to be felt all over Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin as well as a few felt reports from Indiana!
The epicenter was very near a Quarry where a lot of the blame for this shaker was going over the last two days due to them having blasted just moments before this earthquake, but it may possibly never be determined what the quarry blast might have had to do with it.
And that is exactly how this Quake Chase ended, too, by going over to the friendly neighborhood Shopping Plaza that goes by the name "The Quarry" for a slice of Pepperoni Pizza and a can of pop!!!
See you all on the next big Quake Chase!!!
Sincerely,
Quake Chaser
