Earthquake S.C

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Two earthquakes Wednesday in the Columbia, S.C., area were felt as far away as Augusta. A quake registering 3.5 magnitude was recorded at ...

An intensity of 5 is when you could start to see loose objects fall, White said. Man, that’s like a horror story on TV.” They can happen, but they are quite rare, he said. He said most of the earthquakes in the Elgin area have been about a 4 in terms of intensity. That is because, according to White, in the geological record there are almost never foreshocks, which are earthquakes that precede larger earthquakes in the same location. AUGUSTA, Ga. - Two earthquakes Wednesday in the Columbia, S.C., area were felt as far away as Augusta.

The USGS said the quake happened about three miles east of Elgin, where a lot of seismic activity has been reported since last December.

There were also reports of the quake being felt in areas of Darlington County, according to WMBF First Alert Chief Meteorologist Jamie Arnold. There were also reports of the quake being felt in surrounding areas such as Columbia, Irmo, Lexington and even as far away as Augusta, Georgia. The fifth, a magnitude 3.6 quake, was reported at 7:03 p.m. After initially being reported as a magnitude 3.34, the USGS revised its report - marking the strongest earthquake felt in South Carolina since 2014. The first, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake in South Carolina was confirmed at around 2:45 p.m. by the United States Geological Survey. It was initially reported as a magnitude 3.33 quake but was later revised by the USGS to a magnitude 3.5. A magnitude 2.1 aftershock was also felt where the quake occurred, followed by a third magnitude 1.88 quake at around 4 p.m. and a fourth magnitude 1.51 being reported shortly after that. The Elgin area has been the center of seismic activity in the state since last December, with over 40 earthquakes now being reported since then.

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Elgin, South Carolina, on Wednesday. On Sunday, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck the same area.

In May, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck Columbia and was felt in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia, according to ABC News affiliate WPDE in Florence, South Carolina. South Carolina has been the site of a few earthquakes already this year. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Elgin, South Carolina, on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck 3.2 miles east of Elgin.

CHARLOTTE — Two earthquakes have been reported in South Carolina. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake near Elgin, South Carolina, Wednesday afternoon was felt as far ...

Another earthquake, stronger than the first one, happened at 7 p.m. The 3.6 magnitude earthquake was detected in the same area. The earthquake’s epicenter was east of Elgin in the Midlands. It happened at about 2:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, according to the USGS. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake near Elgin, South Carolina, Wednesday afternoon was felt as far north as south Charlotte, according to reports from the U.S. Geological Survey.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.6 magnitude quake struck at 7:03 p.m. Wednesday about 1.24 miles east of Elgin. It was at a depth of just a tenth of a ...

SCEMD reported a 2.4 magnitude quake near Lugoff at 12:23 a.m. Thursday. Advertisement. On Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey recorded two quakes ...