13th earthquake recorded in Midlands late Tuesday

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a small quake in Richland County Tuesday night, the third in the Midlands in two days.

The quake, which happened at 11:29 p.m. and measured a magnitude 1.3, struck just outside Fort Jackson, the USGS said.

The quake was centered 5.7 miles south-southeast of the Kershaw County town of Elgin, where a series of quakes have been recorded over the last month.

Overnight USGS recorded a magnitude 1.3 #earthquake centered 5.7 miles SSE of Elgin, SC. This low-magnitude earthquake occurred at 11:29 p.m. (1-11-22). More info: #sctweets: https://t.co/f0ye7KvTXV pic.twitter.com/fLIZPdFvLX
— SCEMD (@SCEMD) January 12, 2022

It is the 13th in a series of small earthquakes recorded in the Midlands since Dec. 27.

A pair of earthquakes were recorded Tuesday in Kershaw. The first, reported at 12:31 a.m., measured a magnitude 1.7 and was centered 3.1 miles east of Elgin. The second, reported at 8:31 a.m., and also centered near Elgin, measured a magnitude 2.0.