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The State1y
Rumbling returns to the Midlands as another earthquake hits near the Columbia area
Nearly 90 earthquakes have been detected in South Carolina since 2022, according to the DNR. Most have been in the Midlands, which lies near a fault line. South Carolina previously averaged about ...
Charlotte Observer1mon
Earthquake rumbles under this part of South Carolina for first time this year
A look at the fault lines running through South Carolina. South Carolina Emergency Management Division The most recent earthquake means at least 142 have been detected in the Palmetto State since ...
Post and Courier4mon
The Summerville Light, an iconic local ghost story, might finally have an explanation
SUMMERVILLE — In December 1974, a News and Courier reader wrote to the newspaper's Action Line column with a question ... together through the dark South Carolina nights.
The Independent2y
South Carolina’s strongest earthquake in eight years rattles state
Recommended South Carolina has experienced 11 earthquakes since late December, confounding experts San Andreas fault line could cause greater earthquakes than first thought, researchers say ...
Detroit Free Press1y
It's rare to feel an earthquake in Michigan, but state does have fault lines
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), earthquakes are caused by a sudden slip on a fault as two tectonic ... with states as far as Louisiana, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kansas and ...