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At 9:50 P.M. on August 31, 1886
The city of Charleston, South Carolina, was shaken by one of the largest historic seismic disturbances in eastern North America.
The quake, estimated to have had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3, caused an estimated $5 to $6 million in damage in 1886 dollars. It damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 [...]
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