Early this morning at 5:18am, a 2.3 magnitude struck the small South Carolina town of Winnsboro, just south of Rock Hill.
According to the USGS, the quake had an epicenter of 34.493°N 81.242°W and a depth of 5.5km (fairly deep for our region).
Last night’s quakes struck in very similar locations to 2 similar quakes that struck 2 weeks ago on April 5th, less than an hour of each other, according to the United States Geological Survey.
A magnitude 2.3 quake struck near Randleman, NC at 2:15 PM at a depth of .02 kilometers, followed by a second quake 30 minutes later with the same magnitude at a depth of .01 kilometers…