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CHICAGO (AP) -- Scientists say the epicenter of a small earthquake that rattled northern Illinois was southwest of the village of Gilberts in Kane County.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit about 45 miles northwest of Chicago at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. The USGS initially reported the magnitude as 4.3 but later downgraded it.
USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan says residents in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan also reported feeling the quake.
In Kane County, sheriff's dispatchers were overwhelmed with calls and several residential and business alarms were triggered. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott says residents in his area also felt the earthquake, but no damage has been reported.
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