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 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 ...

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 ...