KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Roughly 15 minutes after an earthquake rumbled the ground beneath several Kershaw County communities, hundreds of people have already reported feeling it.
The rumble occurred at around 9:30 a.m. The initial estimated magnitude of the earthquake, 2.5, was upgraded to 2.8 about an hour later. Roughly 1,000 people reported feeling the earthquake to the U.S. Geological Survey. The estimated epicenter has changed to about three miles east of Elgin, off Whiting Way at Rio Drive. That's along I-20, not far from where numerous quakes have hit the region in previous years.
Magnitude 2.5 earthquakes are typically on the lower level of earthquakes that people can feel. Most earthquakes in the region recently have fallen in the upper magnitude one to lower magnitude two range, though occasional earthquakes larger than three have also been reported and felt over an even larger area.