ELGIN, S.C. — Weeks after the last earthquake was felt in the Lugoff and Elgin areas, a new one rumbled to life just before noon on Thursday.
The Thanksgiving Day earthquake marks the 82nd such quake since late December 2021 and had a final reviewed magnitude of 2.0. The latest U.S. Geological Survey data places the earthquake just off of Jordan Road not far from several other quakes that were centered along Fort Jackson Road.
The quake falls below the range where people typically feel them and, as of Friday evening, only nine people reported having felt it.
With the last earthquake being felt on Oct. 30, the latest earthquake follows a trend of somewhat decreased frequency of one to two a month - down from the height of the swarm that sometimes featured multiple quakes in a single day.
Officials are still working to determine the cause of the latest earthquakes but no concrete answers have arisen as Kershaw County quickly approaches the one-year mark for when these first started - Dec. 27, 2021.