The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources confirmed, around 2:38 in the morning this Thursday, April 4, a strong earthquake.
The entity, belonging to the Government of El Salvador, reported that The movement was magnitude 5.5. The depth of the earthquake was 22 kilometers.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in off the coast of the city of San Vicente, in El Salvador53 km south of the mouth of the Lempa River.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, the places that probably felt the earthquake were:
- 106 km south of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador.
- 111 km southwest of the city of San Miguel, El Salvador.
- 151 km southeast of the city of Santa Ana, El Salvador.
- 236 km southwest of the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- 272 km southeast of Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- 304 km west of the city of Managua, Nicaragua.
According to the characteristics of the earthquake, The entity ruled out the tsunami threat for El Salvador.
📌 #ElObservatorioInforma REVISED DATA: Earthquake mag. 5.5, off the coast of San Vicente. 53.0 km south of the mouth of the Lempa River. Depth 22 km. [2024-04-04, 01:38:03]. UPDATE: There is no tsunami threat for El Salvador. pic.twitter.com/vPblV73ZYT
— Ministry of Environment (@MedioAmbienteSV) April 4, 2024
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