Earthquake Shakes Southern Colorado
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has shaken southern Colorado near the New Mexico border.Several viewers from Aguilar, Trinidad, La Junta, Pueblo and Colorado Springs have called and sent facebook messages to KRDO NewsChannel 13 reporting that they felt the tremor.
The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., says the quake was recorded at about 11:46 p.m. MDT Monday about five miles west of Cokedale, Colo. It follows two smaller quakes that hit the area earlier in the day.
A magnitude 4.6 quake was recorded at 5:30 p.m. about 11 miles southwest of Cokedale, and a magnitude 2.9 quake was recorded shortly before 8 a.m. about 12 miles west-southwest of Cokedale. Several aftershocks have occured early Tuesday morning. A 3.5 tremor was recorded in the same area at 12:56am and a 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 1:17am.
The center’s Jessica Sigala says the quake has the potential of causing minimal damage. A dispatcher at the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office says she has received many calls from residents who felt the shaking. KRDO News Channel 13 viewer Carrie Begano reports damage to her father’s home near Segundo on the station Facebook page, “My Father just called..He lives West of Trinidad..11 miles (Valdez-Segundo area) Chimney collapsed, walls cracked, dishes broken..objects off the wall..he and my brother safe..neighbors came over to check on him reports damage to several homes in the area.” Rescue personal have told people to go to Big 4 Country Store in Valdez if the need to report any damage or need to have someone checked.
This area has experienced earthquakes before. In October 1966, an earthquake in the same area produced minor damage, including broken windows, cracked walls and broken dishes in Aguilar, Segundo, Trinchera and Trinidad. No immediate magnitude is available for that quake.
