Could a large earthquake occur in South Carolina? What’s up with those recent tremors in the Palmetto state!? Is it weird & should you be concerned? Well, take a look at this earthquake hazard map, as prepared by the USGS (US Geological Survey). As you’ll notice, there are some earthquake hazard hot spots in the US Southeast, not just the West & not just that famous San Andreas fault! In fact, there’s a large fault system around Tennessee & Missouri capable of producing large earthquakes and it’s happened in the past. Okay, but what’s up with South Carolina!? Well, yes, it actually is a state with higher relative earthquake risk due to faulting. Buried faults, sometimes due to movements in earths crust and rebounding crust, can occur outside of the more commonly thought of tectonically active zones. I’ll go into greater detail in an upcoming video, but for today I just want to show you this earthquake hazard map & get you thinking about earthquake potential in South Carolina and the US southeast. I’ll leave you with a link to the map & one last thought to ponder - South Carolina had a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the late 1800s and other large quakes since.
Link to USGS Earthquake Hazard Map:
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