Posted on 09/22/2006 7:28:10 PM PDT by NCjim
Magnitude 3.5 (Minor)
# Date-Time Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:22:01 (UTC)
# Friday, September 22, 2006 at 7:22:01 AM = local time at epicenter
Location 34.699°N, 79.745°W
Depth 5.1 km (3.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region SOUTH CAROLINA
# Distances 10 km (6 miles) NNW (328°) from Bennettsville, SC
# 14 km (8 miles) E (89°) from Cheraw, SC
# 14 km (9 miles) WSW (242°) from Gibson, NC
# 86 km (53 miles) WSW (242°) from Fayetteville, NC
# 93 km (58 miles) E (101°) from JAARS, NC
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles)
(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...
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Charleston had an earthquake in the 7 to 7.5 range in 1889. Is this anywhere near it?
3.5???? Did someone drop a beer keg?
"Charleston had an earthquake in the 7 to 7.5 range in 1889. Is this anywhere near it?"
No, a 3.5 is nowhere near a 7
;~ )
Whoops! My fault. It was the beans....
There are 800 quakes this size in the USA alone every year, probably too small to report
Dang - 53 miles from here (Fayetteville) and never felt a thing.
Make that over 1000 sorry
More like an earthquiver, or an earthshimmy, or an earthshiver.
It would be about 1/10,000th as strong; the Richter scale is logarithmic.
I was asking about where it struck, not how big it was. Was it near the site of the Charleston earthquake?
Charleston's in the south, this was up north, near North Carolina.
I'm in Charlotte. I didn't feel a thing, and this is the first I'm hearing about it.
hardly news
Elvis lives.
Lindsey Graham must have farted.
Wonder if it's connected to the one we had in Florida a few weeks back...
We should just shake it off.
If you're not used to them, it can be pretty disconcerting when the earth starts moving, without any warning. While 3.5 might raise an eyebrow in California, South Carolinians probably haven't earthquakeproofed their homes yet, and might be a little more agitated.
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