UPDATE: OFFICIALS CONFIRM, NOT AN EARTHQUAKE, QUARRY BLAST: It was not an earthquake after all. Officials now say it was a quarry blast. Read on: INDIAN HEAD PARK, Ill. (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey now says a quarry blast shook northern Illinois at a magnitude 3.7. The agency said earlier Monday afternoon that the rumbles were an earthquake. Later, the USGS updated its report to say the shaking was a quarry blast in the southwestern Chicago suburb of Countryside. The agency says the shaking struck Indian Head Park in Cook County around 12:35 p.m. It was about 1.4 kilometers deep. Indian Head Park is about 16 miles southwest of Chicago and has about 3,800 residents. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 19:28:32 +0000
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