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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

6 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina

· 3.1 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Richland County 21 kmKershaw County 24 kmSumter County 41 kmLee County 43 kmFairfield County 46 kmCalhoun County 53 kmLexington County 58 kmLancaster County 60 kmClarendon County 71 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Richland County, 21 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1475 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 34.1495, -80.7230. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Richland County, SC 21 km (13 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Richland County
Kershaw County, SC 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kershaw County
Sumter County, SC 41 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sumter County
Lee County, SC 43 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lee County
Fairfield County, SC 46 km (29 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Fairfield County
Calhoun County, SC 53 km (33 mi) N of here earthquakes near Calhoun County

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

Aftershocks so far

54 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. 2.1 5 km SSW of Lugoff, South Carolina
  9. 2.7 5 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina
  10. 2.0 7 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
  11. 1.8 9 km SSW of Kershaw, South Carolina
  12. 2.6 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
  13. 2.3 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
  14. 1.6 6 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina
  15. 1.9 8 km SE of Elgin, 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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