The meizoseismal area in an earthquake is the area of maximum damage.
For example, in the
Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886, the meizoseismal area was an area about twenty by thirty miles stretching northeast between Charleston and
Jedburg and incorporating
Summerville. The estimated epicenter was near
Middleton Place
Middleton Place is a plantation in Dorchester County, along the banks of the Ashley River west of the Ashley and about northwest of downtown Charleston, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Built in several phases during the 18th and 19th cent ...
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References
Seismology
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