Officials from the U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 has been registered in Indiana, just north of Indianapolis near the small town of Kokomo.
No damages or injuries were reported as a result of the quake that hit at 6:55 a.m., officials said.
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Some people in the Chicago area said they felt shaking from the earthquake, though it's unclear if a 4.2 magnitude quake in Central Indiana could be felt as far west as Cook County.
In comparison, a 7.0 earthquake that was registered in Haiti in January of 2010 is 100 times stronger than the quake felt in Indiana this morning, officials from the U.S. Geological Society said.
This isn't the first quake felt in the Midwest in the past year. A 3.8-magnitude quake shook the suburbs for seven seconds just before dawn on Feb. 10.
The earthquake's epicenter was about three miles beneath a farm field a short distance south of Pingree Grove, near Route 20 and Switzer Road in western Kane County.
That quake was caused by a previously unknown fault line that has not generated any shocks since geologists started keeping track 150 years ago.
In Indiana, Howard County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Steve Rogers says the department was bombarded by phone calls after the quake from people wondering what had happened. He says some people reported hearing a loud boom.
Indiana University geologist Michael Hamburger told Indianapolis television station WTHR the quake was felt across Central Indiana and into western Ohio. He said the temblor occurred in an area “that's seismically very quiet.”
The Indianapolis Star is reporting the quake was felt as far west as New Castle, Indiana, and that items shook off the shelf in Martinsville, located in northeast Indiana
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