22-04-2017 23:12 via denverpost.com

Northwest Colorado shaken by earthquake that “felt like an explosion”

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake shook extreme northwest Colorado on Saturday morning, alarming residents in the town of Rangely.
“It felt like an explosion, honestly,” said Miranda Hayes, a Rangely Police Department dispatcher. “Everything in the office rattled and shook. It just felt like — I don’t know, it was scary.”
The United States Geological Survey in Golden confirmed the quake, which happened at about 11 a.m. just outside of Rangely. It was at a depth
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