The USGS is reporting a series of eight earthquakes – including a magnitude 5.3 midnight earthquake – that shook southern Colorado beginning Monday morning local time, August 22. The largest of these eight quakes came last night (August 22) just before midnight local time. The 5.3-magnitude quake woke some people up and startled hundreds of others, including some in Colorado Springs, according to Associated Press and a report in the Colorado Springs Gazette.
The 5.3-magnitude quake took place Monday, August 22 at 11:46:19 p.m. local time (5:46 UTC on August 23). Its epicenter was 15 kilometers (9 miles) west-southwest of Trinidad, Colorado and 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Denver, Colorado.
See this USGS page for more on the 5.3 magnitude quake.
Source: 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Colorado late night August 22
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There are blessings that one who is zoche to experience an earthquake, or any other phenomena, a manifestation of the might and power of Hashem, should recite. They are
"עושה מעשה בראשית"
and
"שכוחו וגבורתו מלא עולם",
transliterated as
"Oseh Ma'aseh Bereishis" (Does the works of creation)
and
"she'kocho ugevuraso malei olam" (that His strength and might fills the world).
These blessings are preceeded with the six words of "ברוך אתה ה' אלוקנו מלך העולם."
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