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Earthquake reported near Elgin

(Courtesy: SCEMD) KERSHAW, S.C. (WOLO) – According to the United States Geological Survey, a earthquake hit near Elgin on Saturday, July 30th. The reports shows the tremor happened at 7:41 p.m. and the earthquake had a magnitude of 1.8. The earthquake was centered 3.8 miles east southeast of Elgin. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division says geologists studying the ongoing…

Earthquake reported near Elgin

(Courtesy: SCEMD) KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – According to the United States Geological Survey, an earthquake struck near Elgin. The earthquake happened at 8:42 p.m. on Sunday, July 24th. USGS report shows the earthquake was a 2.3 magnitude and was centered 3.2 miles east south east of Elgin.   Categories: Local News, News Tags: Earthquake, earthquake elgin, elgin earthquake

Another Earthquake reported near Elgin early Thursday morning: USGS

USGS reports a 1.3 magnitude earthquake 2.5 km E of Elgin at 3:17 a.m

(Courtesy: SCEMD) ELGIN, SC (WOLO)– Another Earthquake struck overnight in Elgin, according to SC EMD. The USGS reports a 1.3 magnitude earthquake 2.5 km E of Elgin at 3:17 a.m Thursday. Since December 2021, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division has reported more than 45 earthquakes in the Lugoff-Elgin area. SC EMD says geologists studying earthquakes in Kershaw, believe this…

Earthquake felt in the Midlands on Sunday morning

(Courtesy: SCEMD) ELGIN, S.C. (WOLO) – An earthquake was felt in the Midlands early on Sunday morning.  According to the U.S. Geological Survey, at around 1:30 a.m. a 3.4 magnitude earthquake was detected east of Elgin.  See the number of people who reported they felt the earthquake here.  The South Carolina Emergency Management Division says there has been over 26…

Earthquake hits near Elgin

ELGIN, S.C. (WOLO) -United States Geological Survey reports an earthquake hit just outside of Elgin. According to the report, the earthquake happened Friday morning at 11:35 a.m. about 3.9 miles southeast of Elgin. The USGS says the quake measured at a 1.8 magnitude. If you’d like to see how many people felt the earthquake, then click here. Categories: Local News,…