Thread by @SCEMD

USGS confirms a magnitude 3.33 #earthquake centered 3 miles east of Elgin, occurring at 2:43 this afternoon. Did you feel it? (We’re assuming many of you in the Midlands did). Info: #sctweets

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

USGS now reporting a second #earthquake. This one, a magnitude 2.06 centered 3.8 miles east of Elgin at 2:57 p.m. today: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

For reference, here’s a look at the Magnitude Scale and the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.

Available in the Earthquake Guide: tinyurl.com/EQGuideSC

Magnitude of the 2:43 p.m. #earthquake updated to a 3.5 magnitude: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

And for anyone who might need this:

❌Fracking
❌Mining
❌Tunneling
❌Volcano
❌Military Exercises
❌Kaiju
❌Gozer
❌Grabboids

✅South Carolina is a seismically active state.

➡️ Former and/or current West Coast residents: we know.

And another one… a magnitude 1.88 just east of Elgin, occurring at 4:02 p.m. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

Keep count of all earthquakes when they happen in the state & even get notified if an earthquake occurs using the earthquake map in the SC Emergency Manager mobile app:

In the App Store:
itunes.apple.com/us/app/sc-emer… -

And on Google Play for Android:
play.google.com/store/apps/det…

We’d like to get off the ride now, please.

USGS confirming another #earthquake. Magnitude 1.5 centered about 5 miles ESE of Elgin at 4:34 p.m.: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…