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By Tess Kenny | Chicago Tribune
A mild earthquake occurred off the shore of the northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
A 2.9 earthquake was recorded in Lake Michigan near the Illinois-Wisconsin border at around 2:38 p.m., the United States Geological Survey reported.
The earthquake, which stretched about 3.1 miles deep, took place 13.8 miles northeast of Evanston, officials said.
USGS in a tectonic summary online wrote that most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes.
Report continues here.
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