Tag: United States Geological Survey
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Oklahoma wildfires continue spreading into Colorado; Campo evacuation lifted
More than 36,000-acres has been burned by two fires that both originated around five miles south of the Colorado-Oklahoma border, prompting evacuation orders that were lifted late Sunday. They are two of three fires that ignited within the Oklahoma panhandle in Cimarron County since Thursday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Meanwhile, another fire…
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Strongest earthquake since 2023 rocks area southwest of Trinidad
An earthquake less than a mile south of the Colorado-New Mexico state line near Interstate 25 on Thursday morning was felt as far north as Pueblo, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 4.0-magnitude earthquake is the strongest to impact Colorado since 2023, when two earthquakes registered 4.0 and 4.1 on the Richter scale…