GOLDEN, COLO. -- The earthquake center has now reported at least 11 earthquakes in Colorado since Monday evening.
Most of the quakes have been minor aftershocks following the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that hit around 11:46 p.m. Monday
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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has shaken southern Colorado near the New Mexico border.
The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. said the quake was recorded at about 11:46 p.m
. MDT Monday about five miles west of Cokedale, Colo.
One witness in Colorado Springs said they woke up around midnight and could feel their bed shaking.
The quake follows two smaller ones that hit the area earlier in the day.
A magnitude 4.6 quake was recorded at 5:30 p.m. about 11 miles southwest of Cokedale, and a magnitude 2.9 quake was recorded shortly before 8 a.m. about 12 miles west-southwest of Cokedale.
The center's Jessica Sigala said the quake has the potential of causing minimal damage.
A dispatcher at the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office said she has received many calls from residents who felt the shaking.
Cokedale is about 190 miles south of Denver.
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