SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is encouraging everyone in ...

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"Remember, during an earthquake: drop, cover and hold on for safety," the agency said. Ebel said "there certainly will be aftershocks that will be recorded seismically." "If the aftershocks get to ...

Stay away from doorways. The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say. “Wherever you are, drop down to your hands and knees and hold onto ...

during an earthquake: drop, cover and hold on for safety.” The NWS National Tsunami Warning Center stated there was “NO tsunami danger from this earthquake” in an alert at 10:26 a.m ...

Kramer said Friday's rumble felt like a large truck dropping a heavy load ... aftershocks are "smaller earthquakes that occur within the same general area during the days to years following ...