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Colo.
earthquake 'sounded like a train'

posted by: Colleen
Locke , Producer

created: 1/26/2008
4:29:55 PM

Last updated:
1/27/2008 6:28:32
AM

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FREMONT
COUNTY – The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says it doesn't
appear there was any damage from a small earthquake Friday
night.

The 3.1
magnitude quake happened just before 9 p.m. Friday, 20 miles
east of Salida, near the small town of Texas Creek.

Those who called the sheriff's office, wondering what
had happened, said it sounded like a train or an explosion.

Twelve years ago, Sheriff James Beicker says there was
a 3.4 magnitude quake on the Fremont/El Paso County
line.

According to the National Earthquake
Information Center, the largest earthquake in
Colorado history was a 6.6 earthquake. It happened
on Nov. 8, 1882. The exact location is unknown, although it is
believed to have happened near the Colorado/Wyoming
border.

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