08/23/2011 08:58 AM by Greg Boyce
Another earthquake this morning at 8:11 registered 3.9. That makes it less severe than the one that hit just before midnight last night. It was centered about 13 miles southwest of Trinidad.
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08/23/2011 08:58 AM by Greg Boyce
Another earthquake this morning at 8:11 registered 3.9. That makes it less severe than the one that hit just before midnight last night. It was centered about 13 miles southwest of Trinidad.
Andy Koen, our reporter on the scene, said he felt the shake, but reported no new damage.
08/23/2011 08:24 AM by Adam Atchison, Andy Koen
The magnitude 5.3 earthquake that rocked towns west of Trinidad in southern Colorado caused damage to many buildings.
News First 5's Andy Koen says the brick facade on this storefront in Segundo looks as if it crumbled to the ground.
08/23/2011 07:19 AM by Adam Atchison, Andy Koen
We're getting our first look at the damage caused by the largest earthquake to hit Colorado in nearly 40 years.
Pictures snapped by News First 5 reporter Andy Koen show cracked buildings and crumbled cement siding.
The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden is reporting that the first tremors of the magnitude 5.3 quake began at 11:46 p.m. It follows two smaller quakes that hit yesterday afternoon.
Damage is reported in the towns of Valdez and Cokedale.
08/23/2011 05:42 AM by Ariel Mata
The largest earthquake to hit Colorado in almost 40 years has shaken hundreds of people as far away as Kansas.
The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden says a magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded at about 11:46 p.m. Monday, about nine miles southwest of Trinidad. That's about 180 miles south of Denver. It follows two smaller quakes that hit the area earlier in the day.
U.S. Geological Service geophysicist Amy Vaughn says the quake is the largest in Colorado since a magnitude 5.7 was recorded in 1973. That quake was centered in the northwestern part of the state, about 50 miles north of Grand Junction.
A Las Animas County Sheriff's Office dispatcher says deputies are investigating reports of rockslides along a highway. We have learned there is significant damage to homes and businesses in the Segundo and Valdez areas, off Highway 12.
08/23/2011 12:51 AM by Kate Richards
The earthquake near Trinidad has been downgraded to a magnitude 5.3.
Colorado State Patrol is reporting there is damage to I25 near mile markers 5 and 8. That is south of Trinidad, near the New Mexico border.
Las Animas County Sheriff's Office reports damage to highway 12. They also say there is stuctural damage to some buildings in the area.
08/23/2011 12:14 AM by Kate Richards
The U.S Geological Society has reported a magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Trinidad.
The quake shook Southern Colorado around 11:45 p.m.
U.S.G.S has reported that people as far north as Denver and surrounding areas have felt tremors.
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