Minor earthquake 2.83999991 mag, 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83999991 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Coronaca in South Carolina. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.38999998569488 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:23:38 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: se60613226. Ids that are associated to the event: se60613226, us6000r39l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 04:23:38 / August 23, 2025 @ 4:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, -82.092002868652° West, 34.290500640869° North, depth 0.38999998569488 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Greenville (c. 58 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Spartanburg (c. 37 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Anderson (c. 26 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Greer (c. 25 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Greenwood (c. 23 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Easley, Spartanburg, Berea.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83999991 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.092002868652° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.290500640869° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.38999998569488 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-23 04:23:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-23 04:30:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	15	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	131	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	se	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,se,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.15	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0900000036 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	se60613226	Id of event.
Event Code	60613226	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,se60613226,us6000r39l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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