The quake, a 4.3 on the Richter scale, hit about 30 miles northwest of Parachute, 24 miles south-southwest of White River City, 49 miles north of Grand Junction, and 181 miles west of Denver.
Striking at a depth of about 3 miles, the tremor is considered shallow.
The USGS said that people felt the earthquake and its aftershock, The Denver Channel reported.
There were no reports of damage or injuries.
The quake was 347.7 miles below the Earth, which would have dampened the shaking at the surface. “I would not expect any damage. People will feel it but it’s so deep that I would not expect any damage,” USGS geophysicist Jana Pursley said, Reuters reported. The epicenter was located 167 miles east of Levuka in Fiji and 275 miles west of Neiafu in Tonga. And a tsunami warning was not issued due to the quake’s depth.