Unconfirmed earthquake or earthquake occurred: 11.1 miles SE of Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 05:26 PM (GMT -4)

Columbia Road, South Carolina Garner Ferry and Hazelwood Road (0.1 km southeast of the epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / Rattling, shaking / 2-5 seconds: I live on the southeast side around 5:25pm we heard a loud bang and the house shook for a few seconds, nothing fell off the walls or anything but a fair few people on my neighbor reported it and it ended up from the Sandhills here to the southeast side everyone heard it and said they felt it | 3 users found this interesting.

2601 BROOKCLIFF RD CAYCE SC (10.7 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate vibration (MMI V) / Single vertical bump / 1-2 seconds: Felt like a bomb went off, very intense single bump. My front door literally pulsed inward. | 4 users found this interesting.

Red Bank, South Carolina (29 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Light Vibration (MMI IV) / Single Vertical Bump / 1-2 sec: I thought lightning struck near my house. It was one boom you could feel the concussion from. | 2 users found this interesting.

Pelion, South Carolina (11.2 km WNW of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / Single vertical bump / 2-5 seconds: I was walking to check mail when I felt like I heard and felt a large explosion and then a smaller explosion immediately after the first. | 2 users found this interesting.

Lugoff, South Carolina (29.4 km northeast of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / 1-2 seconds: It sounded like an explosion and was vibrating | 3 users found this interesting.

Gastown (11.2 km SW of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / Rattling, shaking / 5-10 seconds: Not recognized as an earthquake. Perhaps the tree of thought has fallen. There were bad thunderstorms yesterday, so maybe a thundercrack. The house made a sound you could hear and feel, and the dogs were afraid of the noise. | One user found this interesting.

Blythewood SC (151.2 km southeast of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild Vibration (MMI IV) / Single Vertical Bump / 1-2 Seconds: I heard a loud bang and then my sofa bounced myself, my husband and my dog ​​were sitting. Our cat was lying on the back of the sofa and screamed, jumped down, ran and hid. Our outside dog screamed, ran and hid. | One user found this interesting.

Sumter, South Carolina (53.9 km east of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild vibration (MMI IV) / Rattling, shaking / 1-2 seconds: It was like a shock wave. The house creaked and shook for just a second. Loud explosion sound. It felt and sounded like an explosive device. | One user found this interesting.

Irmo (27.6 km WNW of the epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / Single vertical bump / Very short: I thought it was thunder or the upstairs neighbors dropped something big, my mom thought someone hit the building she was working in with a car, and her boyfriend said he thought the dam burst. | One user found this interesting.

Main Street in Columbia (11.2 km west and north of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild shaking (MMI IV) / Single side shaking / Very short: Mild shaking with one loud bang, tremor felt on 7th floor | 2 users found this interesting.

Kitty Wake Dr. West Columbia 29170 (29 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate vibration (MMI V) / Rattling, shaking / 1-2 seconds: I was in the garage and felt the whole house shaking like a bomb went off in the garage door and it sounded like someone hit it

Lugov (141.2 km north of the epicenter) [Map] / Very weak vibration (MMI II) / 1-2 seconds: I was in the drive thru Taco Bell, it didn’t feel like an earthquake, it felt like a bomb went off and there was no vibration, just a huge loud bang and an explosion you could feel it and I also felt the force when I closed my car windows

Cayce, South Carolina (13.8 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild vibration (MMI IV) / Rattling, shaking / 1-2 minutes: It was definitely a slight vibration. The house and outdoors shook. There was also a loud bang as if it were an explosion. I thought a tree fell next to my house. The sound was so loud and violent that it woke my husband from his nap. It lasted for up to a minute.

Redbank SC (29 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / 10-15 seconds

Lake Murray Dam, Irmo SC (27.7 km west-north of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / Single vertical bump / 1-2 seconds: Just like the others we experienced last year, it sounds like a very loud bang and vibration like an 18-wheeler truck hit the flats

Gilbert, South Carolina (43.5 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild vibration (MMI IV) / Rattling, shaking / 2-5 seconds: Loud bang with the house shaking for a few seconds. It amazed me. I thought maybe it was too close to the lightning and thunder.

Gaston, South Carolina (141.4 km north of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / Complex movement that is difficult to describe / 2-5 seconds: Felt like an explosion. It was so powerful and so loud! My first thought was that something big had exploded! A bomb or lightning strikes a large electrical transformer!

Corley Mill Road, Lexington (28.7 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild vibration (MMI IV) / Rattling, shaking / 5-10 seconds: I was inside the house, and there was a very loud, bumping noise with little vibration. I thought something very heavy had fallen into the room above me. When that proves not to be the case, we look to see if a tree has fallen right next to the house.

Kitty Wake Dr. West Columbia 29170 (28.7 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate vibration (MMI V) / Rattling, shaking / 1-2 seconds: I was in the garage and felt the whole house shaking like a bomb went off in the garage door and it sounded like someone hit it

Gaston, South Carolina (85.8 km SW of the epicenter) [Map] / Very weak vibration (MMI II) / 2-5 seconds: Sitting on my couch, I felt it under my feet. It also rattled my storm door several times. The noise was like an extremely powerful explosion.

Cayce, South Carolina (12.6 km WNW of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild Shaking (MMI IV) / Very Short: One big boom – the leaves on the trees shook. It sounded more like an explosion or sonic boom than earthquakes I’ve experienced in the past.

250 Killian Commons PKW, Columbia SC (14.4 km west and north of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / 5-10 seconds: Long bang and loud vibration

Lexington, SC 29072 (141.3 km north of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate Vibration (MMI V) / 2-5 seconds: It was a loud bang and everyone I know from Camden-Augusta felt it ✌ ???? I thought it looked like a meteor explosion/boom. I felt a huge surge. It wasn’t the vibration I’d ever experienced before.

Hopkins, Richland, South Carolina (6.1 km southwest of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / Vertical and horizontal oscillation / 5-10 seconds: Two crystal china cabinets died and the china shook and shook. I was in my kitchen and thought one of the old forest trees in the neighborhood had fallen. This happens when the root system is shallow and the ground is saturated. I got out and walked into the “dry” river bottom and sank 3 inches easily. So I thought it was a fallen tree.

Cane Savannah, Sumter, South Carolina (48.5 km east of the epicenter) [Map] / Very weak vibration (MMI II) / Single vertical bump / Very short | One user found this interesting.

Columbia SC (11.3 km west-north of the epicenter) [Map] / Moderate vibration (MMI V) / Very short: Loud booming sound | One user found this interesting.

Colombia (11.2 km WNW of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) / Shaking and rolling: It sounded like a bomb | One user found this interesting.

Lexington SC (28.8 km west of the epicenter) [Map] / Weak vibration (MMI III) | One user found this interesting.

Lexington, South Carolina (141.3 km north of the epicenter) [Map] /Very weak vibration (MMI II) /One vertical bump /Very short: Felt like a big boom | One user found this interesting.

Camden (43.4 km northeast of the epicenter) [Map] / Mild shaking (MMI IV) / Single vertical bump / Very short: Sounded like an explosion and shook the house from the impulse | One user found this interesting.

Blythewood (11.1 km WNW of the epicenter) [Map] / Did not feel: a loud sonic boom One user found this interesting.

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What is intensity and the Mercalli intensity scale? The amount of shaking that occurs on the surface due to an earthquake is called the intensity. It is usually measured on the so-called Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) ranging from 1 (imperceptible) to 10 (severe shaking), and is given in Roman numerals such as I, II,…IX, X, and is often displayed with color codes ranging from light blue to dark red. The intensity of an earthquake depends mainly on the size and depth of the earthquake as well as the distance from the epicenter: the farther away, the less intense the shaking. Read more about the MMI scale!

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