South Carolina has high seismic activity despite not being on a plate boundary. Scientists still don't know the answer for ...

to identify the fault responsible for the famous 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake. Summerville, about 25 miles northwest of Charleston, was part of their study region. Hough began to ...

While studying the area's seismology, she discovered a book that went into detail about an earthquake of 6.6 to 7.3 magnitude that occurred on September 1, 1886 in nearby Charleston. According ...

The area was the scene of the infamous 1886 Charleston earthquake, which caused 60 deaths and up to $6million (equivalent to $186.51million in 2023) in damage.

Susan Hough, a seismologist at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), was scouring archives for information about a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886. Her ...