Colorado has the potential for much larger earthquakes than a 2.9 quake in Dacono on June 13. Here's what to know and when the last earthquake was.

Two earthquakes took place in southern Colorado on Monday morning, just five minutes apart. The first quake occurred near the small town of El Moro at about 8:13 a.m., reaching a 3.8 magnitude.

Colorado has seen earthquakes, although none close to the magnitude of what hit Turkey and Syria early Monday. But just how bad could an earthquake possibly get in the Centennial State?

How to check The easiest way to see whether there was a magnitude 2.5 or greater earthquake near you in the past ...

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Hoehne in southern Colorado, USGS said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 4.3-magnitude earthquake shook the southern part of Colorado, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Seismologist William Yeck explained that Colorado is not an epicenter for major earthquakes, nor is it immune to them. And sometimes they are triggered by human activity.

PRITCHETT, Colo. — Seismologists are calling an earthquake in southeast Colorado on Monday morning a mystery. The magnitude 3.8 earthquake was detected at 3:27 a.m. about five miles northwest of ...

Recent earthquakes in Colorado and elsewhere were induced by a drilling procedure to dispose of wastewater, federal geologists planned to argue in a report announced Wednesday.