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The Charleston Earthquake of 1886

A major earthquake shook Charleston and the surrounding area 124 years ago on August 31, 1886. Sixty people died from injuries related to the earthquake and building damage was widespread.

Click below to see historic photographs of Charleston following the earthquake and to read more about how earthquakes happen.

 
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Biography InContext
Love Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center? It will be replaced and reinvented as Opposing Viewpoints In Context, along with other Gale resource centers focused on biography, history and science.

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