The city of Charleston is home to around 400,000 people, the College of Charleston, and countless historical landmarks, dating back to before the Civil War. Charleston is a beautiful town, rich in history and diversity. However, Charleston was the site of one of the worst earthquakes in the Southeast, and even the United States.
During this earthquake, 60 people were killed and 90% of Charleston's buildings were destroyed or severely damaged. The damage totaled approximately $8,000,000 in damage. This earthquake was not one that was the result of plate boundaries, because Charleston and the eastern border of the United States do not lie on a plate boundary. This was an intraplate quake, or a earthquake that occurs within a plate, and could happen again tomorrow. And different from the 1886 earthquake, this earthquake would be even most devastating and incur more damage.
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