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County residents feel the earth move

If you felt a little shook up early this morning, you were not alone.

An earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 5.2 and centered in southeastern Illinois, shook much of the Midwest just before 4:37 a.m. The tremors were felt in Madison, and as far away as Ontario, Canada.

Quoted: Clifford Thurber, UW-Madison professor of geophysics