A magnitude 6.8 earthquake with an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean shook El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua on Tuesday, without causing any casualties or damage, according to a preliminary report from the Salvadoran environment ministry.
The earthquake was recorded at 6:22 p.m. local time (0222 GMT) and its epicenter was 41 miles (66 km) south of El Espino beach, in Usulután Department, about 125 miles (200 km) southeast of San Salvador, the official report said.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) set the magnitude at 6.5 degrees.
The Salvadoran ministry specified that the focus depth of the telluric motion was 51 km, in the Pacific subduction zone where the Cocos and Caribbean plates collide.
“Based on the revised data, the absence of a tsunami threat to El Salvador is maintained,” the Ministry of the Environment said on Twitter.
El Salvador’s Civil Protection reported that it is conducting “monitoring” in various parts of the country.
The earthquake was felt in most of El Salvador, as well as Nicaragua and Honduras.
In Honduras, Juan José Reyes, the early warning coordinator of the Permanent Emergency Commission, told the press that “the movement was felt across the country” and with “greater intensity” in the Gulf of Fonseca, which they share with El Salvador and Nicaragua.
The Central American region records high seismic activity due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, as well as the activity of the volcanic chain.
Source: Eluniverso
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