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Rumbling returns to South Carolina in early morning earthquake
An early morning earthquake was recorded in South Carolina on Tuesday.
A 1.4 magnitude earthquake has been confirmed in Spartanburg County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The US Geological Survey reported that seismic activity occurred in the Bacolet Mills area at 2:25 a.m.
USGS data shows that the seismic activity was recorded at a depth of about a mile below the Earth’s surface.
This was the second confirmed earthquake in South Carolina in July, and both were reported in the upstate area.
Recent earthquakes
The recent seismic activity means that 29 earthquakes have been confirmed in South Carolina this year, according to the state Geological Survey Department of Natural Resources. Including Tuesday’s quakes, 14 of the past 21 quakes have been in the District of Columbia.
On March 13, a 2.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of South Carolina, but that was in the Atlantic Ocean, not in the Palmetto State.
Before Sunday, the most recent earthquake recorded in South Carolina was at the beginning of the month, when a 1.6-magnitude quake was recorded in Salem, near the state line with North Carolina, on July 1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There were 35 confirmed earthquakes in South Carolina in 2025.
In 2024, 30 earthquakes occurred in the Palmetto State, after 28 were recorded in 2023, South Carolina DNR records show.
South Carolina Department of Emergency Management map of fault lines in the Palmetto State where there has been a swarm of earthquakes.
History of earthquakes in SC
It was less common for earthquakes to occur outside the Midlands of the Palmetto State, specifically outside Kershaw County, where 76 earthquakes have been confirmed since the end of June 2022, according to the South Carolina DNR.
This is also where the last strongest earthquakes were recorded in South Carolina on June 29, 2022.
That day, two earthquakes — one with a magnitude of 3.5 and the other with a magnitude of 3.6 — were included in a wave of tremors and aftershocks. These were the two largest earthquakes to hit South Carolina in nearly a decade. A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck McCormick County in 2014.
Anyone who felt tremors and shaking or heard rumblings from Tuesday’s quake can report it to the USGS.
The latest quake means at least 196 earthquakes have been detected in the Palmetto State since the start of 2022, according to the South Carolina DNR. All but 67 of the earthquakes were in the Midlands.
In all, 134 earthquakes have struck the District of Columbia since a 3.3-magnitude quake was recorded on Dec. 27, 2021, according to the DNR.
The majority of recent earthquakes have been classified as micro-earthquakes, according to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, the SC’s Emergency Management Division said.
No major damage or injuries have been reported from the recent seismic activity or any of the other recent earthquakes.
Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or less often go unnoticed and are usually only recorded by a seismograph, according to Michigan Technological University. The school said any earthquake of less than 5.5 magnitude was unlikely to cause major damage.
South Carolina used to have between six and 10 earthquakes a year, the S.C. Geological Survey previously reported. There have been 206 earthquakes in South Carolina since January 18, 2021, according to the DNR. During a 2022 City Council meeting to address earthquakes, state geologist Scott Howard said as many as 200 smaller tremors may have gone unnoticed or recorded.
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in South Carolina — and on the East Coast of the United States — was a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Charleston in 1886.
This earthquake killed 60 people and was felt over 2.5 million square miles, from Cuba to New York and from Bermuda to the Mississippi River, according to the state disaster management authority.
Earthquakes reported in SC 2025-26
Date/location
immensity
Depth (km)
2025
January 8 / Jenkinsville
1.9
3.0
January 31/Elgin
2.0
3.1
February 9/Salem
1.6
1.9
February 15 / Elgin
2.0
2.4
March 19/Elgin
1.5
2.2
April 24/Elgin
2.3
2.4
April 26/Elgin
2.6
2.4
May 1 / Lancaster
2.2
4.5
June 5/Tigerville
2.2
12
July 5 / Parksville
2.7
11
July 16 / Summerville
2.2
1
August 9 / Bucksport
1.9
9
August 18 / Coronaka
2.2
4
August 19 / Coronaka
1.7
5
August 20 / Weir Schulz
2.0
3.2
August 23 / Coronaka
2.9
6.8
August 23 / Coronaka
3.0
2.1
August 23 / Coronaka
2.5
1.3
August 23 / Coronaka
1.9
0.1
August 23 / Coronaka
2.0
0.3
August 23 / Coronaka
2.4
5.4
August 23 / Coronaka
1.8
6.4
August 23 / Coronaka
2.1
8.0
August 24 / Coronaka
1.8
0.4
August 25 / Coronaka
2.0
0.4
August 25 / Coronaka
1.7
5.5
August 26 / Coronaka
2.4
0.3
August 27 / Coronaka
2.0
0.4
September 13 / Weir Schulz
1.7
0.0
September 26 / Coronaka
2.2
5.6
September 29 / Kershaw
1.8
12.8
October 1 / Coronaka
1.8
0.0
November 9 / Centreville
1.8
7.9
November 21 Ladson
1.9
5.2
November 28/Elgin
2.0
3.7
2026
January 20 / Elgin
2.7
4.1
January 27 / Elgin
2.1
4.7
February 3 / Centreville
2.3
7.7
February 7 / Centreville
2.9
5.2
February 9 / Ladson
1.6
6.2
February 11 / Ladson
1.6
4.7
February 11 / Centreville
2.5
0.7
February 12 / Centreville
1.8
5.0
February 13/Brother
2.8
3.9
February 15/Brother
2.0
3.6
February 16/Brother
1.8
5.0
February 26 / Lexington
3.0
0.2
March 1 / Colombia
2.2
4.0
March 19 / Colombia
2.1
8.9
April 21 / Waynesboro
2.3
5.5
April 21 / Gayle Mail
1.7
1.8
April 28 / Lugov
1.3
3.1
May 8 / Waynesboro
2.3
7.2
May 9 / Waynesboro
2.4
3.0
May 15/Calhoun Falls
2.1
2.1
May 22/Irmo
1.9
17.7
May 28 / McCormick
1.9
6.9
May 29 / Anchor Cross
1.8
6.8
May 29 / Anchor Cross
1.9
1.6
June 3 / Waynesboro
1.9
10.5
June 28/Elgin
2.2
4.4
June 28 / Anchor Cross
2.2
3.8
July 1, Salem
1.6
6.1
July 21 / Bacolet Mills
1.4
1.3
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