{"id":98,"date":"2022-03-16T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:19:02","slug":"south-carolina-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/south-carolina-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Carolina has experienced nearly 50 earthquakes since January 2021<sup>1<\/sup>. Although only a few of these have been felt, this is a significant increase over our normal average \u2013 just 10 to 15 per year<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the fact that approximately 70% of earthquakes in South Carolina occur in the Coastal Plain and most are centered around three areas west and north of Charleston (Ravenel-Adams Run-Hollywood, Middleton Place-Summerville, and Bowman), a major earthquake anywhere in the eastern United States could adversely affect us<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While purchasing earthquake insurance might not be at the top of your to-do list, it might be time to start researching your options. At South Carolina Federal Insurance Solutions, we have carriers with deductibles as low as 2 \u2013 5%. Some carriers will include earthquake coverage as part of your homeowners insurance, and others offer standalone policies. Interested in learning more about earthquake insurance? Give us a call at 833-359-0725 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/email-an-advisor.html\" title=\"email us\">email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/search\/\">https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/search\/<\/a><br><sup>2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scemd.org\/prepare\/types-of-disasters\/earthquakes\/\">https:\/\/www.scemd.org\/prepare\/types-of-disasters\/earthquakes\/<\/a><br><sup>3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/geology\/earthquake-info.html\">https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/geology\/earthquake-info.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina has experienced nearly 50 earthquakes since January 20211. Although only a few of these have been felt, this is a significant increase over our normal average \u2013 just 10 to 15 per year2. Despite the fact that approximately 70% of earthquakes in South Carolina occur in the Coastal Plain and most are centered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scfinsurance.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}