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mick silver
16th February 2014, 01:57 PM
(Reuters) - An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude shook the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia on Friday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The temblor struck at 10:23 p.m. about 7 miles west of Edgefield, South Carolina, and at a depth of 3 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
"It shook pretty good," said Corporal Lisa Howard, a dispatcher for the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office. "The phone lines are still going crazy with people calling in."
A police dispatcher in Claxton, Georgia, said there had been no indications of damage or injuries.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Silver Rocket Bitches!
16th February 2014, 06:04 PM
Apparently it was big enough to cause this:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123203/posts

mick silver
16th February 2014, 06:14 PM
From the Fox News article and the devotion to accuracy department...
Reports surfaced on Twitter of a leaking water tower in Augusta, Ga., following the quake, but the tower was damaged by ice from a winter storm earlier this week and not the quake, said Richmond County Sheriff's Lt. Tangela McCorkle.