At p. Although there was no Richter scale at the time it would not be created until , experts today believe that the earthquake in Charleston would fall between 6. It caused major damage as far away at Tybee Island, Georgia — which was more than 60 miles from the epicenter. Charleston served as the headquarters for the U. Coast Guard. Months later, the U. In the immediate aftermath, Colonel B. Strong aftershocks shook the Charleston-Summerville area on September 2, 3, and 5, and even stronger ones impacted the area on October 22 and November 5.
Many seismologists contend that aftershocks to the great earthquake continued at least into Upward of fifty-three of these aftershocks had magnitudes of 3. The Charleston earthquake was felt across two million square miles, including all of South Carolina, most of the United States east of the Mississippi River, and as far away as Canada, Cuba, and Bermuda.
Of the eastern U. The earthquake caused extensive damage to buildings not only in Charleston and Summerville, but also in Augusta and Savannah, Georgia. It reportedly chased rats out of sewers in New York City, rocked lighthouses along the New York seacoast, and felled chimneys in Kentucky and Ohio.
The death toll eventually reached eighty-three in Charleston alone, with additional deaths attributed to the earthquake occurring elsewhere in South Carolina and in other states.
The Charleston-Summerville area continues to be by far the most seismically active area in the state. In the s governments and organizations increasingly worried about threats from future earthquakes.
In concerned South Carolinians formed the S. In the twentieth century, some rivers and streams in South Carolina were dammed to create hydroelectric, flood control, and recreational facilities or, in the cases of the Monticello Reservoir and Lake Keowee, sources of water cooling for atomic energy plants.
Many of the dams were built on or near fault zones. To date, earthquakes have not broken or weakened the dams. In , however, officials with the federal government, noting significant earthquakes in the Columbia region in and , decided to make a concerted effort to protect area inhabitants against a major earthquake.
Concerned about the capacity of the Lake Murray dam to withstand such an earthquake, they mandated the construction of a back-up dam to the existing earthen dam that was constructed in the late s. Sounded like a loud door slamming. Hanahan, Berkeley, South Carolina Second floor. Gahagan Park 7. I was outside sitting in a chair. North Charleston, sc 7. Lincolnville, Charleston, South Carolina 5.
Ladson, Berkeley, South Carolina 2. Summerville, SC 8. North Charleston 8. Marion Abe, Summerville, SC 7. Summerville, South Carolina 9. Ladson SC 3. Summerville, SC 2. Quite a jolt. Probably 3 loud booms rumbling. Summerville Felt a vibration like an overloaded washing machine. Charleston SC Felt like a train rolling by.
Summerville, Sc 3. Summerville, sc 8. Ladson, Berkeley, South Carolina 9. Thought a car ran into my house. Summerville 3. Very unexpected. As if a train with no noise drove by my house.
Summerville 8. North Charleston, SC 9. Ft like a big boom and the house was shaking. Hanahan sc 9. Goose Creek, sc West Ashley Sc Summerville, SC 5. Summerville SC 3. Centerville, Dorchester, South Carolina 7. Summerville 1. Summerville, SC 6. Goose Creek, sc 9. Dog on the floor jumped up at the same time I felt the boom. Felt like a large vehicle hit the house.
Light shaking for 1 or 2 seconds. Summerville SC. Ground shook for a few seconds. Legand oaks. I initially thought a tree had fallen. But no one was around. The house was vibrating and noises like an elephant walking in the attic. Never experienced an earthquake before.
Dogs jumped off the sofa. We also felt some mild vibrations, while sitting down. We live in an apartment. Not sure what was happening at first. Soon realized it must be an earthquake. Sounded like a truck hitting something.
I thought it was a BIG truck going by! Loud boom like a sonic boom lasted about seconds. Just a few seconds but very steady It was sudden and fast. Felt indoors at work photography studio windows and door rattling.
Very brief. Picardy Pl. They knew it was coming. Only lasted about 5 seconds. Show more. Try our free app! Android iOS version. Please wait while we search through millions of records. This can take up to seconds. Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since !
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