They zeroed in on the New Madrid earthquakes of magnitude 7.2–8.0 in 1811–1812, the 1886 Charleston earthquake of magnitude 6.7–7.3 in South Carolina, and the 1663 Charlevoix earthquake in ...

The 1886 earthquake, the worst ever recorded in the Southeast, seriously damaged nine out of every 10 brick buildings in Charleston and killed more than 100 people. While it's unclear when the ...

The historic West Point Rice Mill on the Charleston SC peninsula is still intact after surviving 2 fires, multiple wars, ...

and a separate earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886, are likely continuing today, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Pivotal events are covered in the exhibit, including the political and social changes that took place in the wake of the Civil War, the Jim Crow era, the Earthquake of 1886, the Charleston ...

Some events memorialized in the exhibit include the Jim Crow Era, the Earthquake of 1886, and the Charleston Renaissance. “What we want people to take away from the exhibit, obviously we want ...

Since the lighthouse was lit in 1859, the structure has survived cannon fire, two lightning strikes and the Great Charleston earthquake of 1886. The lighthouse was automated and no longer manned ...

Similarly, around 16% of present-day earthquakes in Charleston, South Carolina, were identified as probable aftershocks from the area's 1886 earthquake. Statistical methods determined that these ...