DENVER - The strongest earthquake to strike Colorado in more than 40 years shook awake hundreds of people, toppled groceries off shelves and caused minor damage to homes in the southern part of the state and in northern New Mexico. No injuries were reported as aftershocks continued Tuesday.

"Here we go again, there's another one starting. We got to get out of here," said Garry Ringo, owner of Ringo's Super Trading Post in the small town of Segundo, Colo., as bottles on shelves rattled in the background during an interview with The Associated Press.

Ringo estimated he lost thousands of dollars' worth of liquor and soda.

The magnitude 5.3 quake hit at 11:46 p.m. MDT Monday about nine miles southwest of Trinidad, or 180 miles south of Denver, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden. It had an estimated depth of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) and was felt in a relatively large area of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.

Earthquakes Shake Entire United States (UPDATING LIVE)

A string of earthquakes has just struck the entire United States of America. Our offices just shook—as did many in states across the country. We'll be updating the story as it develops.

Update: Colorado was hit with a 5.3 magnitude quake—its largest in 40 years.

Update 2: T-Mobile and AT&T's cell networks are confirmed jammed for us in Manhattan. Some Verizon users having trouble too.

Update 3: WaPo reports the epicenter of the east coast quakes was in central Virginia—reaching all the way up to Boston.

Update 4: The Pentagon, White House, and Capitol have been evacuated. GET TO DA CHOPPA!

NEW YORK — Shaking buildings led to evacuations Tuesday in New York City as tremors from a 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va. rattled the ground.

Government buildings in the city, including City Hall, were evacuated. The 26-story federal courthouse in lower Manhattan began swaying and hundreds of people were seen leaving the building. Court officers weren’t letting people back in.

someone had too...

LiveandLearn wrote:Strange days

They just reported that there were evacuations in Toronto. And another report that the Washington Monument may be leaning.

warrenb wrote:timber!.........
Washington Monument clearly leaning?
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