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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

4 km SW of Summit, South Carolina

· 1.7 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lexington County 16 kmSaluda County 29 kmAiken County 42 kmNewberry County 46 kmEdgefield County 49 kmRichland County 53 kmFairfield County 63 kmCalhoun County 66 kmGreenwood County 69 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
1.7 km below the surface
Felt
326 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lexington County, 16 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1826 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 326 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 33.8922, -81.4483. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lexington County, SC 16 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lexington County
Saluda County, SC 29 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Saluda County
Aiken County, SC 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Aiken County
Newberry County, SC 46 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Newberry County
Edgefield County, SC 49 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Edgefield County
Richland County, SC 53 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Richland County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

14 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 11 km N of Irmo, South Carolina
  2. 2.1 3 km W of Irmo, South Carolina
  3. 2.2 5 km SSE of Lake Murray of Richland, South Carolina
  4. 3.0 5 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
  5. 1.8 5 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
  6. 2.0 5 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
  7. 2.8 4 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
  8. 1.9 4 km NNW of Jenkinsville, South Carolina
  9. 1.8 4 km NNW of Jenkinsville, South Carolina
  10. 1.6 3 km WNW of Jenkinsville, South Carolina
  11. 1.6 4 km NE of Jenkinsville, South Carolina
  12. 1.7 3 km SSE of Jenkinsville, South Carolina
  13. 1.8 1 km NE of Cayce, South Carolina
  14. 2.0 5 km SSW of Summit, South Carolina

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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