According to the United States Geological Survey, a notable earthquake took place at 11:36 PM on the night of January 31, rattling the area around Trinidad.
The 3.1-magnitude quake took place about 3 miles west of El Moro, Colorado and about 4 miles north of Trinidad at a depth of about four miles. This was the second earthquake to take place in Colorado this calendar year, with the other quake being a weaker 2.6-magnitude quake that occurred on January 6 in the Glenwood Springs area.
Last year, 84 earthquakes took place in Colorado, though most were below 2.0-magnitude. A single quake hit 3.0-magnitude, but no quake has pushed above that threshold since August of 2021, when a 3.7-magnitude quake rattled the area of Pritchett.
The largest Colorado earthquakes in recent decades include a 5.4-magnitude earthquake near Parachute (1973) and a 5.3-magnitude earthquake near Trinidad (2011).
While last night's earthquake was the strongest felt in Colorado in more than a year, earthquakes in the range of 2.5 to 5.4 magnitude rarely cause much damage. While felt, the end result tends to be little more than that.
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