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  2. List of earthquakes in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina earthquakes occur with the greatest frequency along the central coastline of the state, in the Charleston area. South Carolina is the most seismically active state on the east coast. [1] At 7.3 magnitude, the Charleston earthquake of 1886 was the largest quake to ever hit the Eastern United States. This earthquake killed at least ...

  3. Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a 900-mile (1,400 km) escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States. [2] Much of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line passes through areas where no evidence of faulting is present.

  4. Brevard Fault - Wikipedia

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    Brevard Fault Zone in its extent from Montgomery, Alabama to the North-Carolina-Virginia border. The Brevard Fault Zone is a 700-km [1] long and several km-wide thrust fault that extends from the North Carolina-Virginia border, runs through the north metro Atlanta area, and ends near Montgomery, Alabama.

  5. New Madrid seismic zone - Wikipedia

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    The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.

  6. List of fault zones - Wikipedia

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    San Andreas Fault System (Banning fault, Mission Creek fault, South Pass fault, San Jacinto fault, Elsinore fault) 1300: California, United States: Dextral strike-slip: Active: 1906 San Francisco (M7.7 to 8.25), 1989 Loma Prieta (M6.9) San Ramón Fault: Chile: Thrust fault: Sawtooth Fault: Idaho, United States: Normal fault: Seattle Fault ...

  7. Geographical regions of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Coastal Plain is a relatively flat and fertile area of land. The Coastal Plain extends from the Fall Line to the Atlantic Ocean. Today the Coastal Plain is home to most of South Carolina's farming and textile industry because of the fertile land. The Coastal plain is home to one of South Carolina's major cities, Charleston.

  8. File:Map of South Carolina highlighting Beaufort County.svg

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    The following 31 pages use this file: Beaufort, South Carolina; Beaufort County, South Carolina; Bloody Point, South Carolina; Bluffton, South Carolina

  9. 1886 Charleston earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Photographic evidence of the South Carolina Railroad southeast of Summerville also showed a right-lateral offset of 4.5 ± 0.3 m (14.76 ± 0.98 ft) on the track. Direct observation of the earthquake's effects also reported the rail bed being "forced to the right", supporting the identification of this offset.