TRINIDAD, COLO. -- Rumbling continues across southern Colorado as authorities assess the damage caused by a rare magnitude 5.3 earthquake.

According to the National Earthquake Information Center 13 aftershocks have rippled through southern Colorado Wednesday morning ranging in size 2.5 to 3.4.

The 5.3 tremor that hit late Monday night near Trinidad was the strongest to hit the state in more than 40 years.

Stores owners in Trinidad said the wreckage caused by the quake made their store "look like a bomb exploded."

The quake also toppled chimneys and triggered minor rock slides.

Officials say the earthquake was felt in a relatively large area, from Denver to the Kansas border.

Geologists say that even though the earthquake in Colorado and the one that rocked the east coast occurred within hours of each other, the events are not connected.