The same day that California was rocked by a 6.5 MAG quake on the Richter Scale, Charleston, SC has 3 minor tremors, with the main shock registering a 3.01 MAG on the Richter Scale (and subsequentially felt by myself and portions of the area).
The first quake actually occurred (as a foreshock) early in the morning registering only a 1.81, 10 km down. The main shock, registering a 3.0, occurred at 6:50 pm about 5.6 km down, and was felt by myself with a small explosion in the distance and a quick jolt on the ground shaking things for only a couple of seconds. The aftershock occurred 3 minutes later about 1 km deeper and registered 1.48 (not felt).
http://scsn.seis.sc.edu/html/chaslat.html
Charleston, SC experiences 3 minor quakes on 12/22/03
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Turtle742 wrote:Very interesting Mike! Hope you didn't rocked too badly!
Take it easy!
--Turtle
Hey. It wasn't too bad, but it was a "friendly" reminder that the Middleton Gardens/Summerville Fault is still very much active. So far this year, there's been 21 minor earthquakes, and only 2 have been felt.
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