Seismic activity returned to South Carolina over the weekend, as an earthquake was recorded in an area that’s recently experienced lots of tremors.
The Palmetto State’s first earthquake of September was a 1.7 magnitude quake at 8:28 p.m. Saturday, according to the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. The earthquake was near Ware Shoals, which is the Greenwood County area where 16 quakes were confirmed in a 10-day span in August, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey data shows.
Saturday night’s earthquake was recorded near the surface of the ground, according to the U.S. Geological Survey…