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2.5 Magnitude Earthquake Felt in South Carolina's Midlands
More than 250 people reported feeling the 3.0 magnitude quake near Lake Murray, with light damage observed near Red Bank and Pelion, USGS said.
- On Thursday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed a 3.0-magnitude earthquake over Lake Murray at 12:17 p.m., about 5 kilometers west-southwest of Irmo in Lexington County.
- South Carolina sits on ancient fault lines that can release stored strain, and State geologist Scott Howard says intraplate seismicity on these buried faults triggers local temblors.
- USGS updates showed an initial higher reading that was revised downward; the event was recorded at a depth of about 0.2 kilometers with a horizontal location uncertainty of 1.6 kilometers.
- Residents of Lexington and Richland counties reported more than 250 felt reports, and USGS noted light damage near Red Bank and Pelion.
- Researchers note the February cluster and stress that such events are typically minor, joining the Feb. 13, Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 earlier-month events of 2.8, 1.9 and 1.8 magnitudes.
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2.5 magnitude earthquake felt in South Carolina's Midlands
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WBTW) -- Authorities reported a 2.5 magnitude earthquake was felt in the Midlands region of South Carolina shortly after noon. "We felt the earth move under our feet," the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, moments after it was reported by the United States Geological Survey. [...]
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