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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

5 km SE of Ware Shoals, South Carolina

· 3.2 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Laurens County 23 kmGreenwood County 24 kmAbbeville County 27 kmAnderson County 43 kmMcCormick County 52 kmNewberry County 56 kmSaluda County 59 kmGreenville County 61 kmElbert County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
3.2 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Laurens County, 23 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 319 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 34.3585, -82.2075. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Laurens County, SC 23 km (14 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Laurens County
Greenwood County, SC 24 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Greenwood County
Abbeville County, SC 27 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Abbeville County
Anderson County, SC 43 km (27 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Anderson County
McCormick County, SC 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near McCormick County
Newberry County, SC 56 km (35 mi) W of here earthquakes near Newberry County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km WNW of McCormick, South Carolina
  2. 2.1 5 km NNE of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
  3. 1.8 1 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  4. 2.2 3 km NW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  5. 1.7 7 km SE of Ware Shoals, South Carolina
  6. 2.0 2 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina
  7. 2.4 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina
  8. 1.7 2 km NW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  9. 2.0 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina
  10. 1.8 3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  11. 2.0 3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  12. 1.8 4 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  13. 2.4 4 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  14. 2.0 6 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
  15. 1.9 5 km NNW of Coronaca, 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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