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I would hardly call 3.1 an = earthquake. It's=20 more like a tremor.

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3.1=20 Earthquake Rattles Fremont County

Fremont=20 County
Posted:=20 10:43 AM Jan 26, 2008
Last=20 Updated: 10:20 PM Jan 26, 2008
Reporter:=20 Rosie=20 Barresi
Email=20 Address: mailto:rbarresi@kktv11news.com?subject=3D3.1=20 Earthquake Rattles Fremont County

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Fremont County=20 Earthquake

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A small earthquake rattled Fremont County on = Friday. The=20 3.1 tremor hit at around 8:45pm.

People who live in the area say they felt the = ground move.=20 Good thing it was only a 3.1 magnitude because no one = got hurt=20 and there were no reports of damage from the = quake.

The Fremont County Sheriff says his office was = flooded with=20 calls from concerned citizens right after the quake = shook=20 parts of Fremont County.

The epicenter was just North-East of Cotopaxi.

The largest known earthquake in Colorado happened = in=20 November of 1882. The estimated magnitude of that = earthquake=20 which was West of Fort Collins was a 6.5.

The last earthquake in Fremont County happened 12 = years=20 ago.

Folks in Fremont County describe what they felt = during=20 Friday's 3.1 earthquake.

Mark Barry said, "The whole building shook and it = rattled=20 fixtures. We were closed for business but we actually = thought=20 it might have been a car accident outside."

"We were just laying on the couch watching t.v. = when all of=20 a sudden it felt like the couch was shaking", said = Karen=20 Gates.

Codie Barry said, "I was on the phone with my = boyfriend=20 Drew, and for a second I didn't know what was going = on. We've=20 had semi's hit the guardrail before and I thought that = was it.=20 But then I hear my boyfriend say, 'okay, my walls are = shaking=20 too'. And I said, 'oh my gosh, what's going on.'"

Colorado has about 90 active faults. The most = dangerous and=20 active one is the Sangre De Cristo=20 fault.

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