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South Carolina has seen several small earthquakes since February started, with the strongest being a magnitude 2.9 on Saturday.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), six earthquakes were reported between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12.
All the earthquakes occurred near each other in the southern part of the state, near Summerville, roughly 25 miles inland from Charleston.
The strongest earthquake, a magnitude 2.9, was reported roughly 5 miles south of Summerville on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Four days before that, a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded roughly 3 miles south of Summerville.
A few days later on Wednesday, a magnitude 2.5 earthquake shook 4.3 miles south of Ladson, about 6 miles south of Summerville, South Carolina.
Between the larger magnitude 2 earthquakes, some smaller magnitude 1’s were reported.
First, a magnitude 1.6 earthquake, 3.8 miles south of Ladson on Monday.
Another magnitude 1.6 occurred on Wednesday, south of Centerville, South Carolina.
Finally, a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was reported near Ladson and Summerville again on Thursday at about 4 a.m. ET.
Weak to light shaking was reported around the epicenter of all six earthquakes, according to USGS data.
The region isn’t a stranger to earthquakes. Back in 1886, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake was reported near Charleston, damaging or destroying many buildings and leading to 60 deaths, the USGS reported.
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To this day, the USGS said, the 1886 earthquake is the most damaging earthquake to occur in the Southeastern U.S.
Summerville at that time was a small town of roughly 2,000 people, the USGS said. There, many houses settled in an inclined position or were displaced by nearly two inches after the earthquake.
