SEUS63 KGLD 231326 EQRGLD COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231500- 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. $$ MENTZER