Earthquakes

Ancient earthquakes: Scientists investigate fault line that helped shape Colorado鈥檚 Rocky Mountains

A group of U.S. Geological Survey scientists scraped and studied the inside of a freshly dug trench just off the Rainbow Lake Trail near Frisco in search of evidence of mountains moving.

This is a picture of Servet Dag, a man who was born in Turkey, standing outside near a tree.

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Fort Collins resident raising funds to assist family impacted by earthquake in Turkey

Michael Lyle

The disaster has claimed over 30,000 lives in both Turkey and Syria. A local resident is hoping he can provide aid through fundraising.

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Earthquake-Prone Western Slope Wastewater Facility Resumes Limited Operations

Luke Runyon

A wastewater facility on Colorado's Western Slope is resuming operations more than a year after it was shut down for causing a sizable earthquake in鈥�

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Colorado-Utah Quake Studied For Link To Deep Injection Well

Associated Press

Federal officials are investigating whether a 4.5 magnitude earthquake near the Utah-Colorado border was caused by a well that injects salty water deep鈥�

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Earthquake Shakes Northwest Colorado Early Friday Morning

Associated Press

An earthquake has been reported in northwest Colorado.The United States Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary 4.3 magnitude struck just after鈥�

Environment

For A Few Weeks The Colorado River Reached The Ocean. Will It Happen Again?

Luke Runyon

In 2014, the Colorado River did something it hadn鈥檛 done in decades. For a few short weeks that spring, the overdrawn, overallocated river reached the鈥�

Environment

Raton Basin Most At Risk Place In Colorado For 2016 Quakes

Stephanie Paige Ogburn

Colorado is one of several states at risk for earthquakes caused by human activity, according to a new map and analysis released by federal scientists.The鈥�

Environment

Boulder Geologist Captured Nepal's April Quake Down To The Millimeter

When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal in spring 2015, John Galetzka hopped on a plane to Kathmandu."I arrived four days after the April 25th鈥�

Environment

New USGS Induced Quake Map Highlights Several Colorado Energy Regions

Stephanie Paige Ogburn

In May of 2014 there was an earthquake in Greeley. This rarely happens, and scientists quickly started monitoring the area. A few quakes later, regulators鈥�

Austin Holland, research seismologist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, gestures to a chart of Oklahoma earthquakes in June 2014 as he talks about recent earthquake activity at his offices at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. The state had three times as many earthquakes as California last year.

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Oklahomans Feel Way More Earthquakes Than Californians; Now They Know Why

Joe Wertz

The U.S. Geological Survey issues a report Thursday on quakes linked to oil and gas drilling, but Oklahoma has said that the industry's wastewater disposal is the cause. What's unknown is a solution.