SC hit with 5th earthquake this year in the same area

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.1 earthquake in Elgin, South Carolina overnight Wednesday.

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It’s the fifth minor earthquake to shake the area this year.

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The earthquake happened northeast of Columbia around 1:46 a.m.

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A strong earthquake shook the same area on March 9. That earthquake registered as a 2.7.

Scientiest said the area around Elgin has been the center of an earthquake swaarm that started in Dec. 2022, according to wltx.com. There have been more than 100 earthquakes in the same area since then.

Elgin is about 95 miles northeast of Augusta.