Colorado earthquake is largest in four decades

[LaurenG]

Trinidad, Colo.
The largest earthquake to strike Colorado in almost 40 years has shaken hundreds of people near the New Mexico border and caused minor damage to a few homes.

The magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded at about 11:46 p.m. MDT Monday about nine miles southwest of Trinidad, Colo., and about 180 miles south of Denver, according to the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. The quake followed two smaller ones that hit the area earlier in the day

The quake is the largest in Colorado since a magnitude 5.7 was recorded in 1973, U.S. Geological Service geophysicist Amy Vaughn said. That one was centered in the northwestern part of the state — about 50 miles north of Grand Junction, she said.

A few homes have been damaged and there were rockslides on Colorado Highway 12 and Interstate 25, but both highways remained open, a Las Animas County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said Tuesday.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0823/Colorado-earthquake-is-largest-in-four-decades

[dgibby]

1. Wonder if there's any fracking going on in that area? n/t

[LaurenG]

2. Yes I just read about it on another thread Check out spiral hawks info on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1795456&mesg_id=1796133

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1795456&mesg_id=1796149


http://www.trinidadco.com/methane-gas-drilling/ugly-reality-of-fracking/

edited to add links

[SoCalDem]

3. Lucky for us all that it was not in or near Yellowstone

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