Colorado Residents Assess Quake Damage

Southern Colorado residents assessed damage to homes and businesses Wednesday from a magnitude-5.3 quake, the state’s biggest since 1967, as officials warned that minor aftershocks were expected for weeks. In the former coal town of Valdez, Dean Moltrer, co-owner of Purgatoire Valley Construction, said he wasn’t waiting for the Las Animas County building inspector to document any wrecks. He found severe damage to one structure and cracks in walls and foundations of other buildings.