Upstate Dams, Reactors Checked After Earthquake Shakes The Area

As a precaution, Duke Energy inspected the dams at Jocassee, Keowee and Bad Creek and also checked the reactors at the Oconee Nuclear Plant, after an earthquake hit Richmond, Va., Tuesday afternoon.

Many South Carolinians felt the effects of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake, that struck Richmond just before 2 p.m.

Tina Worley, a spokesperson for Duke Energy, said that while many felt the earthquake in the Upstate of South Carolina, the seismic activity was not enough to have any effect on the operations at the Oconee Nuclear Plant. However, the company still performed routine checks of the nuclear station, as well as the dams that generate power.

But what did it feel like? Residents in Mauldin described what happened.