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Is Illinois on a fault line?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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The Hawaiian Islands are a part of the Pacific oceanic plate. Their creation is owed to a hot spot in the mantle below the crust not plate boundary volcanism.
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Illinois is on the North American Plate, not near a plate boundary.

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No. Chicago is safely in the middle of the North American Plate.

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6y ago

Yes, Illinois is part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/earthquake-maps

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