EARTHQUAKE REPORT...UPDATED
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1206 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...UPDATED EARTHQUAKE REPORT...

AN EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT MODERATELY BY MANY PEOPLE IN PORTIONS OF 
DORCHESTER...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA THIS MORNING. SOME COMMUNITIES IN WHICH SHAKING WAS 
OBSERVED INCLUDE SUMMERVILLE...LADSON...SANGAREE...COTTAGEVILLE... 
WEST ASHLEY...NORTH CHARLESTON AND MONCKS CORNER. COUNTY WARNING 
POINT CENTERS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES INDICATE NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN 
REPORTED SO FAR.

MODERATE TREMORS WERE FELT FOR ABOUT 3 TO 5 SECONDS AROUND 638 
AM...AND WERE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF WEAKER SECONDARY TREMORS. 
WHILE NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED...THOSE EXPERIENCING THE 
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED HEARING A LOUD EXPLOSION...SIMILAR TO A LARGE 
OBJECT STRIKING A BUILDING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN 
SPOTTERS NEAR THE EPICENTER REPORTED THAT THEIR HOUSES SHOOK 
MODERATELY FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS DURING THE EARTHQUAKE.

THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO 
INDICATES THE EARTHQUAKE HAD A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 3.2 AND WAS 
LOCATED AT 33.033 DEGREES NORTH...80.159 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 2 
MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMMERVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS ALSO 4 MILES 
WEST NORTHWEST OF LADSON SOUTH CAROLINA.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS EVENT UNLESS 
INFORMATION CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY.

IF YOU OBSERVED DAMAGE...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO 
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

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