A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Coronaca in South Carolina. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.04 km (0 miles). The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:17:49 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -82.088833333333 West, latitude 34.291333333333 North, depth = 0.04 km. Id of earthquake: se60613221. Event ids that are associated: se60613221, us6000r39j. Global time and date of event 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 04:17:49 / August 23, 2025 @ 4:17 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Greenville (c. 58 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Spartanburg (c. 37 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Anderson (c. 26 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Greer (c. 25 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Greenwood (c. 23 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Easley, Spartanburg, Berea (min 5000 pop).
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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina.
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