The orange dots show the location of earthquakes on Sunday. The yellow dot is from a quake on Thursday. USGS image
Important Takeaways:
- Nine total earthquakes — eight of which hit Sunday — were mainly near Coronaca with the largest being 2.5 magnitude on Sunday morning.
- Dozens of people felt the quakes and many took to social media to say they felt the rumbling Sunday in Greenwood County. But no damage was reported.
- After the group of six quakes Sunday morning, a 2.1 magnitude quake rattled 2.8 miles from Coronaca around 2:40 p.m. Sunday — making it the seventh quake on Sunday.
- Then, the eighth Sunday incident happened at 3:15 p.m. when a 1.5 magnitude quake struck 2.5 miles south-southeast of Coronaca.
- In Greenwood County, about 315 homes were damaged by Helene and about 12,000 residents have already applied for assistance from FEMA
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