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The 2011 Colorado earthquake occurred on August 22 at with a moment magnitude of 5.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very Strong''). The
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of the
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was west northwest of
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, and south of
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, according to the
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(USGS). It was the largest natural earthquake to affect Colorado for more than a hundred years. The earthquake occurred as part of a swarm of smaller quakes that started the previous day. The last time the Colorado region received a series of earthquakes was in 2001, when about a dozen smaller-sized temblors were recorded. The shock occurred as a result of normal faulting and was similar in depth, style and location to the events that made up the 2001 swarm.


See also

* List of earthquakes in 2011 * List of earthquakes in the United States *
2011 Virginia earthquake On August 23, 2011, a moment magnitude scale, magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. EDT. The epicenter, in Louisa County, Virginia, Louisa County, was nor ...
– Second M 5.0+ earthquake to hit the United States in less than a day, occurring almost 12 hours later.


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Was the M5.3 Trinidad, CO Earthquake Natural or Induced?
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