Our region is north of the New Madrid seismic zone, which had three of the largest earthquakes in U.S. history in the winter of 1811-12.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed an earthquake that hit Tuesday night along the South Carolina-North Carolina Border, the South Carolina Emergency Managment Division said. USGS confirmed a 1.

As South Carolina prepares for the effects of Hurricane Helene later in the week, the Palmetto State was impacted by another environmental event, as an earthquake was recorded late Tuesday night near the state line with North Carolina.

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida Thursday and is forecast to move into South Carolina by early Friday, meteorologists say.

An earthquake was reported along the North-South Carolina border late Tuesday night. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division announced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, that the 1.71-magnitude earthquake struck at 11:52 p.