The quake struck around 2:18 p.m. near Bloomingdale, Ind., about 130 miles south of Chicago.
ABC7 Meteorologist Larry Mowry said some people in the Chicago area reported feeling the earthquake.
The quake occurred within the Wabash Valley Fault System found in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois, an ancient fault zone that occasionally produces earthquakes, Mowry said.
According to Mowry, the last time there was an earthquake of this size in Indiana was December 2010, when a 3.8-magnitude quake rattled parts of Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. And in 2008, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Mount Carmel, Illinois.
So far, there are no reports of any damage.
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