Earthquake shakes Upstate, centered in Edgefield, SC
Source: GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina)
An earthquake hit South Carolina Friday night.
People all across the Upstate are calling to report feeling the earthquake.
The USGS reports the earthquake was centered in Edgefield, South Carolina.
It registered 4.4.
Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/24731002/earthquake-shakes-upstate-centered-in-edgefield-sc
NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)Was said to have been felt in Charlotte, N.C. Nothing here where I live.
WhiteTara
(29,730 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Charleston, South Carolina actually had one of the largest, if not THE largest, earthquake in the eastern U. S.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/index.php?regionID=40
I do realize, however, that Edgefield is a long way from Charleston.
That said, I think the recent earthquake activity in Oklahoma is due to fracking.
WhiteTara
(29,730 posts)THanks
longship
(40,416 posts)In fact, it is uncertain that fracking causes earthquakes at all.
Earthquakes happen everywhere on the planet, even where there are no known faults. I've felt them more than once in my life in Michigan, long before there was fracking.
The people who are claiming that fracking causes tremblers may have a case, but the science is dodgy. It has not been studied much and it is certainly uncertain (to turn a phrase). Correlation does not mean causation. Again, earthquakes happen everywhere.
If one thinks there is a danger from fracking one should get geologists on their side. Not all of them work for the oil companies; there are many academics. Certainly one could get one of them to explain the science, no matter whether earthquakes are from the fracking or not.
In the meantime, people should stop screeching about fracking every time there is a trembler. If one doesn't have the science behind them, one only has screeching which only undermines the objective when the science proves one wrong.
Frankly, I don't think fracking causes earthquakes.
And no, I do not like fracking.
NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)It's usually low level but it occurs in each state. Conn. is really light compared to our neighboring states, but still has them. We had two earthquakes (M2.2) a few months ago that caused loud booms that shook people up.
And the next town over has a village called Moodus known for it's earth noise.
"We now know what a Moodus Noise really feels like," said Walter. "The `Moodus Noises' are still going strong!"
Legend states that the area's name derives from a Native American word, morehemoodus, meaning "place of noises," according to a USGS study on earthquake history in Connecticut. The Times article said that the noises were attributed by Native Americans to an angry god and later by Colonial settlers to battles between black magic witches of Haddam and white magic witches of Moodus.
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Earthquake-rattles-Conn-town-as-legendary-1289741.php
mike dub
(541 posts)Didn't feel it here in north Durham, NC, either.
But sure felt the 3.4???? Tremor a few years ago in the 10 story office tower I was working in in Durham. Talk about freaky-- not being from California! I guess tremors are amplified the taller the structure. Plenty of tall buildings in Charlotte in which folks could feel a tremor.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)obxhead
(8,434 posts)located in Mineral VA.
Quite a bit larger, considering every 1/10 of an increase in magnitude is a tenfold increase in shaking.
I remember that one too, considering I was less than 10 miles from the epicenter. My first thoughts went towards the 2 nuclear reactors just a few miles away.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Told my family we just had an earthquake, but nobody else felt it so they were telling me I was imagining things. I got the last laugh this morning