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Seismic Activity
​in South Carolina

South Carolina averages 10–15 earthquakes a year below magnitude 3.
Faults in this region are difficult to study at the surface due to thick sedimentation on top of them. Many of the ancient faults are within plates rather than along plate boundaries.
Click Here - Recent Earthquakes in South Carolina
Click Here - Historic Earthquake Charleston Earthquake 1886
Click Here - South Carolina Earthquake Guide
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Faults in South Carolina

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  • Question of the Day
  • Vocabulary Practice
  • Earth Systems and Resources
    • Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
    • Rock Cycle
    • Earth Layers >
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    • Plate Tectonics >
      • Continental Drift
      • Divergent Plate Boundaries
      • Convergent Plate Boundaries
      • Transform Plate Boundaries
      • Hot Spots
    • Evidence for Plate Tectonics
    • Patterns of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
    • Forces inside Earth
    • Catastrophic Events >
      • South Carolina Earthquakes
    • Earth Resources
  • Earth's History and Diversity of Life
    • Geologic Time >
      • Geologic Time Scale
      • Precambrian
      • Paleozoic Era
      • Mesozoic Era
      • Cenozoic Era
    • Law of Superposition & Index Fossils
    • Catastrophic Events
    • Fossil Evidence
    • Fossil Formation
    • Adaptations & Natural Selection
    • Extinction Factors >
      • Endangered Species
  • Earth's Place in the Universe
    • Milky Way Galaxy
    • Expanding Universe
    • Our Sun
    • The Solar System >
      • Mercury
      • Venus
      • Earth
      • Mars
      • Jupiter
      • Saturn
      • Uranus
      • Neptune
    • Celestial Objects
    • Gravity
    • Seasons
    • Sun-Earth-Moon Motion
    • Phases of the Moon
    • Eclipses
    • Tides
    • Space Technology
  • Forces and Motion
    • Force vs. Mass
    • Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
    • Inertia
    • Action = Reaction
    • Friction & Gravity
    • Graphing Motion
    • Average Speed
    • Newton's Laws of Motion
  • Waves
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    • Properties of Waves
    • Behavior of Waves
    • Interacting Waves
    • How We See in Color
    • Electromagnetic Technology
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