The May 26, 1909 earthquake
M5.0Near Aurora, Illinois
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Kane County. The 5th strongest in Illinois’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- as reported (mfa)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Wednesday, May 26, 1909
- 08:42 CST; 14:42 UTC
- In Illinois’s record
- 5th
- strongest of 149 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event official19090526144200000 (“Near Aurora, Illinois”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Kane CountyIL · inside
- Kendall CountyIL · 7.5 mi
- DuPage CountyIL · 10.3 mi
- Will CountyIL · 10.3 mi
- LaSalle CountyIL · 10.5 mi
- DeKalb CountyIL · 10.5 mi
- Cook CountyIL · 19.8 mi
- Grundy CountyIL · 20.8 mi
- Lee CountyIL · 25.9 mi
- Ogle CountyIL · 26.9 mi
- McHenry CountyIL · 31.2 mi
- Boone CountyIL · 31.2 mi
- Lake CountyIL · 31.6 mi
- Winnebago CountyIL · 37.7 mi
- Bureau CountyIL · 38.0 mi
- Kankakee CountyIL · 38.6 mi
- Livingston CountyIL · 44.6 mi
- Putnam CountyIL · 47.0 mi
- Lake CountyIN · 48.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- ChicagoIL · 40.5 mi
- AuroraIL · 8.9 mi
- NapervilleIL · 15.4 mi
- JolietIL · 22.3 mi
- RockfordIL · 47.4 mi
- ElginIL · 21.8 mi
- CiceroIL · 36.8 mi
- SchaumburgIL · 27.8 mi
- EvanstonIL · 44.7 mi
- Arlington HeightsIL · 34.8 mi
- BolingbrookIL · 18.6 mi
- SkokieIL · 42.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
5 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.