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Columbia, SC – A small earthquake rattled parts of the Midlands late Friday night near Lake Murray, just west of Columbia.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck at 11:43 p.m. (EST) Friday, February 13, 2026, approximately 4 kilometers west-southwest of Irmo in Lexington County. The tremor occurred at a shallow depth of about 3.9 kilometers, which can make light shaking more noticeable near the epicenter…