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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Small quake in S.C." Charlotte Region"

A small earthquake happen in South Carolina and Georgia that was friday , the earthquakes shaking homes and rattling residents hundreds of miles away.According to the new online trending through web the this incidents happen at 10:23 p.m. EST and had a preliminary magnitude of 4.1. It was centered 7 miles west of the town of Edgefield, S.C. , and was felt as far west as Atlanta and as far north as Hickory, N.C., each about 150 miles away.


According to the U.S army and engineers two dams on the Savannah River appeared to be undamaged the inspections happen last Saturday morning ,and that's according to Edgefield County Emergency Preparedness Director Mike Casey said.

Casey said the quake was centered in a sparsely populated part of Edgefield County where there are a lot more rabbits and deer than people. He was driving around and hadn't found any damage, but he expects some reports of minor damages to come in once the sun rises.

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