Earthquake Hits South Carolina

[Weatherfreak14]

I just got done picking up stuff in my house that was knocked down...


Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 12:42:16 UTC
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 07:42:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 32.950°N, 80.197°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTH CAROLINA
Distances 7 km (4 miles) SSW (192°) from Summerville, SC
8 km (5 miles) SSW (209°) from Lincolnville, SC
11 km (7 miles) SW (232°) from Ladson, SC
131 km (82 miles) NE (40°) from Savannah, GA
401 km (249 miles) ESE (102°) from Atlanta, GA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 30.2 km (18.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 10, Nph= 10, Dmin=17.5 km, Rmss=0.56 sec, Gp=274°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (MLg), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2008arar

[HURAKAN]

Link: http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/national/a ... ton/26441/

[Ed Mahmoud]

IIRC, Charleston area had a damaging earthquake long ago...


Time to search World Wide Net....

The seismic history of the southeastern United States is dominated by the 1886 earthquake that occurred in the Coastal Plain near Charleston, South Carolina. It was one of the largest historic earthquakes in eastern North America, and by far the largest earthquake in the southeastern United States. A major shock, occurred August 31, 1886 at approximately 9:50 p.m. and lasted less than one minute, but resulted in about sixty deaths and extensive damage to the city of Charleston. Because the event took place before seismological instrumentation, estimates of its location and size must come from observations of the damage and effects caused by the earthquake. Most of what we know of the even and the resulting damage comes from a comprehensive report by C.E. Dutton of the U.S. Geological Survey published in 1889. The meizoseismal area (area of maximum damage) of the 1886 earthquake is an elliptical area roughly 20 by 30 miles trending northeast between Charleston and Jedburg and including Summerville and roughly centered at Middleton Place.

[Aslkahuna]

Until April 18, 1906, the Charleston earthquake was the deadliest in US History. Based upon intensities, damage and construction practices, modern estimates placed the shock in the 6.5-7.0 range or about the same as the Loma Prieta 1989 shock and the Northridge shock of 1994 in CA.

Steve