MEANS. TAGGART. TAGGART: THE MOST RECENT EARTHQUAKE TO HIT THE UPSTATE WAS NEAR TRAVELERS REST BACK IN APRIL, BUT KERSHAW COUNTY HAS SEEN SEVERAL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS WAS ONE OF SEVERAL SHAKES,IN THE COLUMBIA AREA IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, >> IT WAS CRAZY IT WAS MIND BLOWING IT WAS AT FIRST I -- EXPERIENCE. IT WAS AMAZING. >> OFFICIALS REPORTED, MAGNTUDE 3.5 AND 3.6 QUAKES IN THE AREA OF ELGIN, ALONG WITH SEVERAL AFTERSHOCKS >>A REALLY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE BUT IT’S SOMETHING SEISMOLOGISTS KNOW FROM OTHER REGIONS AND IT’S CALLED AN EARTHQUAKE SWARM . >>DR. SCOTT WHITE,IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEISMIC NETWORK, HE SAYS WHILE ITS NOT CLEAR EXACLTY WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, >> WE KNOW IN GENERAL THAT EARTHQUAKES ARE A RESPONSE TO THE BUILDUP OF STRESS WITHIN THE EARTH AND A FAULT REPRESENTS A PLACE OF PREEXISTING WEAKNESS THAT’S GOT SOME SORT OF LOCK ON IT AND WHEN THAT LOCK CAN BE BROKEN, WHEN THEY SURFACE CAN RUPTURE THEN IT MOVES A LOT OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME . THAT’S AN EARTHQUAKE >>AND HE BELIEVES THE SWARM IS NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, >>WE JUST DON’T SEE THESE BUILDING INTO LARGE EARTHQUAKES . SO THERE’S REALLY NO CONCERN THAT THIS PARTICULAR SWARM OR SEQUENCE WILL LEAD TO A REALLY LARGE EVENT DOWN THE ROAD . TAGGART: THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA TELLS US THAT THIS IS FAIRLY UNUSUAL. ON THE AVERAGE YEAR YOU CAN HAVE TWO DOZEN EARTHQUAKES THIS TIME OF YEAR. OFFICIALS ALREADY REPORTED 29 BY