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3.1
Earthquake Rattles Fremont County

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Earthquake Rattles Fremont County

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Fremont County
Earthquake

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A small earthquake rattled Fremont County on Friday. The
3.1 tremor hit at around 8:45pm.

People who live in the area say they felt the ground move.
Good thing it was only a 3.1 magnitude because no one got hurt
and there were no reports of damage from the quake.

The Fremont County Sheriff says his office was flooded with
calls from concerned citizens right after the quake shook
parts of Fremont County.

The epicenter was just North-East of Cotopaxi.

The largest known earthquake in Colorado happened in
November of 1882. The estimated magnitude of that earthquake
which was West of Fort Collins was a 6.5.

The last earthquake in Fremont County happened 12 years
ago.

Folks in Fremont County describe what they felt during
Friday's 3.1 earthquake.

Mark Barry said, "The whole building shook and it rattled
fixtures. We were closed for business but we actually thought
it might have been a car accident outside."

"We were just laying on the couch watching t.v. when all of
a sudden it felt like the couch was shaking", said Karen
Gates.

Codie Barry said, "I was on the phone with my boyfriend
Drew, and for a second I didn't know what was going on. We've
had semi's hit the guardrail before and I thought that was it.
But then I hear my boyfriend say, 'okay, my walls are shaking
too'. And I said, 'oh my gosh, what's going on.'"

Colorado has about 90 active faults. The most dangerous and
active one is the Sangre De Cristo
fault.

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Posted by: DJ Location: Alaska
I would hardly call 3.1 an earthquake. It's
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