By Chris Sorensen

A registering 3.1 on the Richter Scale occurred Saturday evening shortly before 11:00 p.m.

The epicenter was 93 miles south of Pueblo, Colorado, just south of the Colorado-New Mexico border, and occurred at a depth of about three miles.

No damage reports have been received. The area has been subject to frequent quakes of a similar size.

So far this year, more 20 earthquakes measuring 1.5 or greater have occurred in Colorado, including two caused by rock falls near Paonia. Most of the quakes have occurred in Las Animas County, followed by Weld County. The strongest, a 4.0, was recorded in early February near where Saturday’s 3.1 quake occurred.

A quake measuring 2.5 was recording in Kiowa County near the Great Plains Reservoirs in early August.