Part of southern Colorado shaken by earthquake overnight
EL MORO, Colo. (KKTV) – Part of southern Colorado was shaken by an earthquake overnight.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake was reported in El Moro, near Trinidad, around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.
According to U.S.G.S. the quake was light with no damage.
You can read a full summary of the earthquake here.
Copyright 2024 KKTV. All rights reserved.A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck California near the town of Petrolia, about 265 miles north of San Francisco, Thursday morning generating a strong shake and a now-discontinued tsunami warning that stretched from southern Oregon to San Fransisco.
More than 150,000 people could have been exposed to earthquake shaking, between just north of Fort Bragg to Eureka, according to U.S. Geological Survey estimates.The quake occurred at 10:44 a.m. local time near the sparsely populated northern coast of California, just offshore, and was felt across Humboldt County. By 12:30 p.m., less than two hours after the initial quake, the area had experienced 13 different aftershocks, ranging from 5.1 to 3.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. By 2:30 p.m., the USGS had reported at least 39 aftershocks of at least a 2.5 magnitude in the region, including Petrolia and Ferndale.Despite the strong jolt, no earthquake-related injuries or major damages were reported, Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services said in an 8:30 p.m.
advisory Thursday, adding damage assessments across the county are ongoing. Dr. Stephen DeLong, a geologist with the Earthquake Science Center at the U.S.G.S., at a news briefing explained the reason behind this was that the earthquake was a “largely horizontal motion,” meaning the two faults had slid past each other. He added the earthquake struck offshore and
was not particularly deep
