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Back-to-back earthquakes shake Southern Colorado

Two earthquakes shook towns in Southern Colorado on Monday morning, only five minutes and seven miles apart, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

At 8:13 a.m., the USGS recorded a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near El Moro, a small town in Las Animas County 20 minutes away from the border of Colorado and New Mexico.

The USGS recorded a second earthquake just five minutes later. The 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit seven miles north of El Moro near the town of Hoehne.

Those in the area of the earthquakes reported weak to light shaking. According to USGS, earthquakes with magnitudes between 3 and 5 are felt by many in the immediate area but do minimal damage.

No injuries or damages have been reported as of 3 p.m. Monday, but the Las Animas County Emergency Management team is investigating the area.

Las Animas County is 190 miles south of Denver and home to many minor earthquakes, along with nearby portions of northern New Mexico. More than 600 earthquakes have been recorded within 80 miles of Trinidad over the past 10 years.

Of the 23 earthquakes that have occurred in Colorado so far this year, 21 originated in Las Animas County.

In early March, the southern Colorado county recorded seven earthquakes in one day, all centered around Segundo — 14 miles west of Trinidad — and above a 2.5 magnitude.

It’s been more than a decade since Colorado had as many earthquakes of this magnitude in one area over 24 hours, according to USGS.

Individuals living on the Wyoming-Colorado border woke up to a 3.9 magnitude earthquake on June 2, northern Colorado’s first earthquake since months earlier in January.

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