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EARTHQUAKE REPORT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
725 AM MDT TUE AUG 23 2011
AN EARTHQUAKE WAS WEAKLY FELT ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE LAST NIGHT. NO 
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. 
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...THE EARTHQUAKE 
OCCURRED AROUND 1146 PM MDT LAST NIGHT. IT WAS CENTERED NEAR 
TRINIDAD COLORADO...AND HAD A MAGNITUDE OF 5.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. 
SEVERAL PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA FELT THE EARTHQUAKE. PEOPLE IN 
GOODLAND...OAKLEY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...MCCOOK...AND WILD HORSE 
ALL FELT THE QUAKE. 
THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO WILL 
PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.  
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