QuakeIndex

Earthquakes in South Carolina

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1 quake of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in South Carolina. Normal for here is 0 to 1 in a week.

Compared against South Carolina's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

The last 30 days

Aug 29 Sep 13 Sep 27
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.9–M2.3), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in South Carolina

None in South Carolina in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.

Source USGS · snapshot of

Where this is

Centre 34.041, -81.059 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured across a rectangle drawn around the state, so a few earthquakes just over its border are counted too.

Largest on record in and around South Carolina

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 3.9 7 km E of Stillmore, Georgia
M 3.6 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.5 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.4 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.3 5 km SSW of Lugoff, South Carolina
M 3.3 South Carolina
M 3.3 5 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.2 4 km NNW of West Canton, North Carolina

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around South Carolina, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Counties in South Carolina

After an earthquake here