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Jun 30, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
Geologists studying the ongoing swarm of earthquakes in Kershaw Co. believe this may be the longest period of successive earthquake activity in the state’s recorded history.
FULL RELEASE: scemd.org/news/midlands-… An earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period of time. This swarm began December 27, 2021, with a magnitude 3.3 earthquake centered near Elgin, South Carolina.
Jun 29, 2022 8 tweets 5 min read
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…
Jan 7, 2021 8 tweets 6 min read
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