SHAKE IT – AT 7:59 A.M. ET:  From Fox:

A rare moderate earthquake struck northern Illinois Wednesday morning, waking up residents in the Chicago area.

The 4.3 magnitude quake, centered 48 miles west of Chicago near the city of Sycamore, hit at 4 a.m. local time at a depth of about 3 miles, the USGS reported.

Geophysicist Amy Vaughn told the Chicago Sun Times the earthquake was "very widely felt" and the USGS phone lines were flooded with calls from residents asking about the shaking.

"It's mostly people who said 'we woke up and we thought we were going crazy,'" Vaughn said. "Mostly it’s rattling people awake."

COMMENT:  The White House says there are reports of former President Bush visiting earthquake workers this morning and telling one of them, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

February 10,  2010